RE: TLE format query
Randy John (RJ@Mail.Riem.Com)
Wed, 2 Jun 1999 13:02:36 -0700
Stephen,
This is Jim Varney's little joke. He is creating elsets
for GPS birds (like 90088A below) from the unclassified
state vectors and giving them a 'C' classification
(C=Classified, U=Unclassified). The source of your elsets
obviously obtained the GPS elsets from Jim at
http://www.softcom.net/users/jamesv/gps/gps.html
and not from some classified source.
Except for the name, the elset below agrees with Jim's file:
gps1006.tle
to the last decimal place.
Randy
-----Original Message-----
From: sthompson@esiusa.com [mailto:sthompson@esiusa.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 12:27 PM
To: SeeSat-D@blackadder.lmsal.com
Subject: TLE format query
> Kulbinder Kalirai, the author of TLEMOP asks:
>
> I found several hundred elements that have a "C" instead of the "U" in
> line "1" of the element set (elements came from the ELyymmdd files).
> Any idea if this is just a mistake or is it some sort of special
> indicator? What does it mean?
>
> Example:
> 90088 A
> 1 20830C 90088 A 99112.02068287 -.00000035 00000-0 00000-0 0 05
> 2 20830 56.3407 10.2305 0072357 86.9455 227.0530 2.00573119 00009
>
> If it is valid, then I will have to modify tlemop to allow for it.
>
> I would be happy to forward responses to Kul. Private reply is OK
>
> Stephen
>
> SThompson@esiusa.com
> 30.5 N 84 W
>