Re: Chandra orbit update

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Used MAK2LINE then Weleman to get the mean motion close.  I used a "D"
instead of the "U" on line 1 to indicate the derived nature of the
mean motion.

Chandra (Post IPS-2)
1 25867D 99040B   99207.08333333  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    84
2 25867  28.4410 195.6740 7776290 270.7200 181.2990  0.93650000    44

Ron Lee

At 01:00 PM 7/26/99 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Here is our latest (post IPS-2) orbit data in J2000
>(NOT 1950) coordinates
>
>19922.64 -66039.71 37353.85 km
>1.014754 0.316636 -0.016630 km/s
>SMA = 44130.017 km
>Ecc = 0.777629 
>inc = 28.441 deg   (to J2000 equator)
>RA = 195.674 deg
>AOP =270.720 deg
>Mean anom = 181.299 deg
>
>Epoch = 26 JUL 1999 0200:00 UTC
>
> - Jonathan McDowell
>
>

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