Using Greg Roberts' 2nd through 5th recovery points of object 95066A / 23728, I obtained the following: 1 70000U 02316.97439815 .00004900 00000-0 25658-3 0 00 2 70000 97.9270 73.1037 0313600 198.4561 160.5554 14.82147778 06 WRMS error = 0.017 deg I have issued the elements without the identifiers because I suspect they could differ significantly from the actual orbit. I derived the elements as follows: - inclination fixed at the value of the epoch day 02266 elements - rate of decay is apparent mean rate since the epoch of the epoch day 02266 elements - mean motion estimated from the apparent mean rate of decay - eccentricity estimated on the basis of maintaining the perigee distance of the epoch day 02266 elements - argument of perigee estimated by precessing epoch day 02266 elements to the epoch of the new elements - RAAN and mean anomaly computed by differential correction, holding all other elements constant Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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