Re: STARSHINE elsets

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Walter wrote:

> US SPACECOM seems to be having a bit of difficulty nailing down the drag 
> for 99- 30B.  As a pretty raw guess, I'd say the latest (top, below) elset 
> is likely to have more staying power than the earlier ones.  But if you 
>  ...
> STARSHINE 
> 1 25769U 99030B   99157.23800539  .00020622  00000-0  25673-3 0    79 
> 2 25769  51.5933 252.8656 0012694 325.9044  34.1134 15.59818301  1525 

Using all elsets to predict an observation near the time of epoch, and ELCOR
+Vec2TLE to adjust the last set, I get residuals below .08 degrees with:

STARSHINE Elcor
1 25769U 99030B   99157.23801395  .00032449  00000-0  39389-3 0    80
2 25769  51.5933 252.8656 0012697 193.5637 166.5016 15.59826494  1537

except for elset issue 1 (0.15) and issue 2 (2.08)



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