USA 129 observation and updated elements

From: Ted Molczan (molczan@home.com)
Date: Sun May 21 2000 - 22:25:04 PDT

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I obtained the following points tonight:

24680 96 072A   2701 P 20000522022631470 17 25 1532473+545495 38 S
24680 96 072A   2701 P 20000522022803010 17 25 0149750+634799 28 S

Here are slightly refined co-ordinates, using GPS, and the WGS 1984 datum:

2701   43.68764000  280.60757000    230.000  'MOLCZAN '

Here are updated elements, based on observations between 17 and 22 May UTC:

USA 129         15.0  3.0  0.0  5.1 v
1 24680U 96072A   00143.09392940  .00021154  00000-0  31371-3 0    02
2 24680  97.8876 206.4323 0508017  64.9947 300.3271 14.75099782    05

Mean residuals are 0.3 arc min.

Ted Molczan

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