NROL-37: pre-launch elements

From: Ted Molczan via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2016 14:14:43 -0400
NROL-37 is scheduled for launch from CCAFS on a Delta-IV-Heavy today, 2016 June 09. The launch period is from 17:30 to
22:30 UTC. Lift-off was originally planned for 17:59 UTC, but has been re-scheduled for 18:55 UTC.

http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/06/08/d374_journal/

Below are estimated orbital elements, based on launch at 18:55 UTC. Epoch corresponds to the approximate end of a burn.

SECO 1                                                   190 X 244 km
1 77799U 77799A   16161.79708102  .00656932  00000-0  21234-3 0    06
2 77799  28.7000   4.7751 0040859  90.0000  38.0000 16.22456322    01

SECO 2                                                 212 X 35809 km
1 77799U 77799A   16161.80586809  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    00
2 77799  26.5000   4.7065 7298000 180.0000   0.0000  2.28000000    03

SECO 3                                               35746 X 35830 km
1 77799U 77799A   16162.02456013  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    08
2 77799   5.0000   4.6247 0010000 180.1373 179.8600  1.00270000    04

Allow for cross-track errors of at least several degrees, and time errors of several minutes.

My original message contains a bit more information on the payload, that may be of interest to observers.

http://satobs.org/seesat/Jun-2016/0032.html

Ted Molczan


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