> Just noticed that even though this is from the most recent > SATBASE.TLE, the > date is three years old as of last Friday. Probably not what you > wanted :( It probably doesn't matter that the TLE is three years old. The satellite spends most of its time half the distance to the Moon and beyond - the Earth's atmosphere is nonexistent there (I remember reading that the Earth's atmosphere is virtually undetectable 1/3 of the Earth-Moon distance and beyond). Typically, how often are geosychronous TLE's (and other satellites in even higher orbits of low eccentricity) updated? > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From Alan's SATBASE.TLE... > > > > Explorer 50 (IMP-8) 244383 x 190766 > km > > 1 06893U 73078A 98152.04703116 -.00001750 00000-0 00000-0 0 > 72 > > 2 06893 31.5801 267.4199 1197054 45.8195 322.8346 0.08192656 > 6880 ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W 4 hours behind UT (-4) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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