Mir current orbit, STS current orbit
Walter Nissen (dk058@cleveland.Freenet.Edu)
Fri, 21 Jun 1996 10:32:49 -0400
The MM in this elset:
Mir
1 16609U 86017A 96172.03283005 +.00000039 +00000-0 +71178-5 0 05605
2 16609 051.6480 109.5108 0005540 092.7388 267.4239 15.58204867590444
seemed anomalously low, but this elset was spot on (<1 second in time) at
960621 032821.71, so I guess Mir has been reboosted a tiny bit(?). The
drag in this elset is almost certainly far less than the actual drag,
meaning that unless more reboost occurs, predictions from it will be later
than actual. Consequently, I am using:
Mir mine
1 16609U 86017A 96172.03283005 .00001399 00000-0 24755-4 0 0560x
2 16609 051.6480 109.5108 0005540 092.7388 267.4239 15.58204867590444
The latest:
STS78 NASA Spacelink
1 23931U 96036A 96172.83467477 .00012894 69297-9 23333-4 0 22
2 23931 39.0147 8.5280 0007428 273.7110 288.8063 16.00403131 47
STS78 Columbia NASA Shuttle Web: Shuttle State Vectors
1 23931U 96036A 96173.04912476 .00128600 00000-0 22834-3 0 9035
2 23931 39.0142 7.0951 0007255 276.8911 83.1241 16.00541057 80
Drag factors still wacko.
Cheers.
Walter Nissen dk058@cleveland.freenet.edu
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