TJM USA 129 obs of 2004 Jun 18 UTC and elements

From: Ted Molczan (molczan@rogers.com)
Date: Fri Jun 18 2004 - 00:46:35 EDT

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    The manoeuvred occurred on 2004 Jun 17 at about 13:55:04 UTC, at perigee, over
    72.277 S, 90.479 E. It raised the apogee by about 12 km, increasing the orbital
    period by 7.6 s.
    
    Thank you Pierre Neirinck, for raising the alert several days ago, of this
    manoeuvre.
    
    Here are post-manoeuvre elements based upon all 11 points of the two consecutive
    passes that I observed:
    
    USA 129         15.0  3.0  0.0  5.3 v
    1 24680U 96072A   04170.14261921  .00006779  00000-0  94621-4 0    00
    2 24680  98.0247 231.0198 0527859 252.3701 101.9214 14.72086403    05
    Arc 2004 Jun 18.08 - 18.15, WRMS residuals = 0.023 deg
    
    Description of 2-line elements: http://www.satobs.org/element.html
    
    Here are all of my points from both passes. Please note that I have corrected my
    third point (02:00:56.14 UTC); I had reduced the wrong star pair.
    
    24680 96 072A   2701 G 20040618015910270 17 25 1651793+154564 28 S
    24680 96 072A   2701 G 20040618015926620 17 25 1654358+205775 28 S
    24680 96 072A   2701 G 20040618020056140 17 25 1722494+531770 38 S
    24680 96 072A   2701 G 20040618020109140 17 25 1731009+575071 28 S
    24680 96 072A   2701 G 20040618020152160 17 25 1820645+712054 96 S
    24680 96 072A   2701 G 20040618020353910 17 25 0158730+752218 97 S
    24680 96 072A   2701 G 20040618033538660 17 25 1222323-042096 28 S
    24680 96 072A   2701 G 20040618033635000 17 25 1156772+052035 96 S
    24680 96 072A   2701 G 20040618033735020 17 25 1124377+155228 27 S
    24680 96 072A   2701 G 20040618033742140 17 25 1120125+170651 96 S
    24680 96 072A   2701 G 20040618033912520 17 25 1021069+304088 28 S
    
    What these numbers mean: http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html
    
    Ted Molczan
    
    
    
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