New launch
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 2 Sep 1997 08:01:28 +0100
Elsets have appeared on OIG for five objects, apparently from a Chinese
Long March 2 launch carrying two simulated Iridiums on a demo flight for
Motorola. Will (some of) these flare too?
The names I have assigned are very provisional and the drag rates are
certainly too low. Further elsest will be auto-posted in select.tle,
available via my SatEvo WWW page below.
Iridium simulation? 638 x 215 km
1 24925U 97048A 97244.94851353 .00000415 -13075-5 00000-0 0 10
2 24925 86.2228 126.3553 0310589 159.0148 201.2724 15.46706106 49
Iridium simulation? 633 x 623 km
1 24926U 97048B 97245.03080148 .00000027 00000-0 00000-0 0 15
2 24926 86.3396 126.2201 0007148 10.5098 349.6946 14.80432648 75
Long March 2 r? 652 x 186 km
1 24927U 97048C 97244.94836499 .00000404 -12697-5 00000-0 0 13
2 24927 86.3253 126.1715 0343001 170.7902 189.8421 15.49312571 59
Long March 2 deb? 819 x 177 km
1 24928U 97048D 97244.96316653 .00000399 -12540-5 00000-0 0 11
2 24928 86.0515 126.2232 0467475 166.9197 239.2167 15.22644164 52
Long March 2 deb? 844 x 179 km
1 24929U 97048E 97244.96316653 .00000405 -12708-5 00000-0 0 16
2 24929 86.0705 126.2473 0482681 162.5627 237.0752 15.18029983 54
Alan
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