Molniya 3-49 r1

Ralph McConahy (rmcconahy@earthlink.net)
Wed, 8 Jul 1998 21:10:05 -0700

Using the elset:

98040B   Molniya 3-49 Rk(1), SL-6 R/B [1]
1 25380U 98040  B 98187.91255087  .00958997  80939-5  96756-3 0   256
2 25380  62.7640 218.2046 0104040 135.1751 225.8138 16.00101870   946

I just watched 98-40B make a 78 degree culmination pass. It was about mag -3
with a flash period of about 3 sec. It was running 43 seconds late based on
the above TLE.

  Ralph McConahy
  34.8829N  117.0064W  670m