Re: First Iridium elset

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>This single elset for the Iridium launch showed up on OIG just after
>0600 11/9 UT
>
>97069A
>1 25039U 97069A   97313.10656020  .00000027  00000-0  00000+0 0    15
>2 25039  86.5934 133.7805 0018066 252.3948 107.3952 14.80305136    16

I just compared this to the most recent prelaunch elset I posted.  For the
12:28 UT pass on 9 Nov here,  my elset was off about 0.6 degree in elevation
and 25 seconds late.   Will count this one as a good prelaunch elset.
It may be that the main portion of the error is in the different inclination
and mean motion.   Same problem as in most previous launches.   Look
forward to
some eyewitness obs of the early passes.

Ron

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