I have re-considered the search orbit in light of the aforementioned relatively
short impact range of the 1st stage. I believe that indicates a fairly low
altitude at insertion (SECO), which required a different argument of perigee
than I used.
There are two possible solutions for any given altitude at SECO. I believe that
the argument of perigee of the first elset (137 deg) probably is closest to
being correct, because it is closest to that of the spacecraft being replaced,
USA 129 (96072A / 24680), which was at arg perigee 117.4 deg at the time of
launch.
175 X 1029 km
1 72001U 05292.75993057 .00807205 00000-0 10000-2 0 01
2 72001 97.8760 354.5813 0611200 137.5000 23.0000 14.87728598 08
175 X 1029 km
1 72001U 05292.75993056 .00807205 00000-0 10000-2 0 00
2 72001 97.8760 354.5813 0611200 189.0000 337.4000 14.87728598 02
The epoch of both is that of SECO, which occurred on 2005 Oct 19 at 18:14:18
UTC.
Ted Molczan
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