Iridium 3/76 elsets ?

Bjoern Gimle (b_gimle@algonet.se)
Wed, 22 Jul 1998 23:29:38 +0200

Except for checksums and ndot/B* values, I edited the injection
data posted into:
Iridium  3 ?  
1 29999U 97034E   98204.45282761  .00000695  00000-0  91981-4 0  1264
2 29999  86.4010  26.8760 0010160 300.8800  22.5380 14.79669951 55606

AOP and MA (300.8800  22.5380) indicate that it is near the injection
latitude at the Epoch time, and the RAAN (26.8760) is near plane 6
like Iridium 20, and SkyMap prediction gives the culmination above
the injection point within 2 seconds and 1 degree from zenith.

Daylight flares may occur around 17:00 and 06:00 local time, at
least at my latitude, but I won't be home from work at the first
chance (40 km W of me), and they may have maneuvred before the second
one.

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