Date: Sat, 19 Sep 92 05:15:27 From: Space Digest maintainer Reply-To: Space-request@isu.isunet.edu Subject: Space Digest V15 #223 To: Space Digest Readers Precedence: bulk Space Digest Sat, 19 Sep 92 Volume 15 : Issue 223 Today's Topics: Clinton and Space Funding Drop nuc waste into sun (2 msgs) Ethics of changing Mars Iniki experiences Minimal chemical mission to Pluto Space Platforms (political, not physical : -) Two-Line Orbital Element Sets, Part 1 Two-Line Orbital Element Sets, Part 2 Welcome to the Space Digest!! Please send your messages to "space@isu.isunet.edu", and (un)subscription requests of the form "Subscribe Space " to one of these addresses: listserv@uga (BITNET), rice::boyle (SPAN/NSInet), utadnx::utspan::rice::boyle (THENET), or space-REQUEST@isu.isunet.edu (Internet). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 19 Sep 92 05:21:18 GMT From: Mike Santangelo Subject: Clinton and Space Funding Newsgroups: sci.space wingo%cspara.decnet@Fedex.Msfc.Nasa.Gov writes: >In article <1469100015@igc.apc.org>, mwgoodman@igc.apc.org (Mark Goodman) writes... >> >>Reply-To: mwgoodman@igc.org >> >>Gerard Vignes writes: >> >>Henry Spencer writes: >> ...stuff deleted... >Too bad that one of the first people to be replaced will by Administrator >Goldin. That is what we heard at the WSC. Seems he pushes the exploration >and development of space agenda of Bush too much. Sorry there Mark. >I will get permission from the Huntsville Times to reprint here an article >in Sunday before last paper where they interviewed Gore. He called >planetary exploration and specifically Lunar/Mars missions "rah rah" things >that could be done later after the problems down here are solved. Does that >sound familiar? Ahhhhhhhh! Arrrrgggg! I was waiting for that to SLIP OUT. I was kinda suspecious about all this wonderful silver-toungued dialogue on space exploration from the Cliton/Gore team, sounded a bit too good to be true and I know Clinton likes to tell every particular group he speaks to what they want to hear, "slick willey" as I have heard it. Please try to dig this article up and post it, I think everyone on sci.space & talk.politics.space should be aware of it, especially any direct quotes on the matter. >Dennis, University of Alabama in Huntsville. -- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Michael F. Santangelo + Internet: mike@cbl.umd.edu Computer & Network Systems Director + mike@kavishar.umd.edu CBL / CEES (Solomons Island) + BITNET: MIKE@UMUC ------------------------------ Date: 18 Sep 92 19:25:42 GMT From: "John R. O'hair" Subject: Drop nuc waste into sun Newsgroups: sci.space jtk@s1.gov (Jordin Kare) writes: >In article <1992Sep16.233411.959@cs.rochester.edu> dietz@cs.rochester.edu (Paul Dietz) writes: >>In article <1992Sep16.200423.18294@s1.gov> jtk@s1.gov (Jordin Kare) writes: >> >>>The sun is the wrong destination, even though it is the most naively >>>popular, because it's extremely hard to get to from Earth; you have to >>>kill Earth's _entire_ 30 km/s orbital velocity. Alternatives include: >... >>> Ejection from the Solar System (My preference; requires >>> 16 kms delta-V in _one_ burn, no final burn, no precision >>> navigation. >> >> >>There's an easier way to get the stuff out of the solar system. Shoot >>the stuff off into solar orbit, then blow it up (I mean really blow it >>up, to vapor, via a low-yield nuclear explosion). The debris gets >>entrained in the solar wind and is swept out of the solar system at >>100 km/s. This would reduce the delta-V needed to only 4 km/s or so. >Well, actually, I was giving the delta-V to get from the Earth's surface >to the destination; getting out into solar orbit requires 11+ kms, not 4. >However, the point is well taken. Unfortunately, launching any kind of >explosive along with the payload drastically increases the risk -- >how do you guarantee that it _will_ explode out in space and _won't_ >explode under any conceivable circumstances on or near Earth? >There is one failure mode of the laser launch system that leaves the >payload in Solar orbit (if the laser fails between Earth escape and >Solar escape) and I did propose one possible "recovery" from that >failure as being to send an explosive out to rendezvous with the errant >payload and blow it up, as you suggest. Okay, so maybe its a little more dangerous to send the payload up with a warhead, but it's a great way to solve the U.S. and former Soviet Union's problems about what to do with all those old warheads. It solves to major nuclear waste problems at once ;-)... John O'Hair ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1992 19:50:14 GMT From: "Bruce W. Morlan" Subject: Drop nuc waste into sun Newsgroups: sci.space The big risk is getting the stuff into orbit in the first place. One of my (unpublished) short stories dealt with an accident on a shuttle launch whose cargo was a containerized nuke waste load -- I never finished the story, once Challenger blew up I didn't have the heart. -- Bruce W. Morlan, Major, USAF Air Force Institute of Technology Dept. Department Head AFIT/ENC Department of Mathematics WPAFB OH 45433 ------------------------------ Date: 19 Sep 92 03:38:00 GMT From: "Thomas H. Kunich" Subject: Ethics of changing Mars Newsgroups: sci.space In article 18084TM@msu.edu (Tom) writes: > >Ethics does not tell you that; pathology does. Defining words as we go along, are we? >Since you cannot logically conclude >that terra-forming Mars is bad, it must be a gut feeling, subject to the >whims of your personal interests, digestion, and who knows what else that >we can safely ignore. Logic tells me that we should treat other areas in the manner with which we would like to be treated ourselves. You may prefer to believe that you are the only one in the universe and are therefore omnipotent, but I don't believe so myself. Your argument sort of reminds me of the Vogon Constructor Fleet line from "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy". Why wouldn't any superior beings simply destroy anything that is in their way? Because they have a sense of ethics that gives other life some rights. If it is a case of kill or be killed, then blast the non-existant Martian life-forms to dust. But the argument here is whether killing what is there is ethical simply because some people here would like to try the idea out. You cannot use Mars for population control so that argument is out. You can't use it for food production so that argument is out. So, what reason would sway the ethical considerations to wantant destruction of a life-form that is no danger to mankind? >>We _know_ that should these groups desist their dangerous behavior >>that AIDS would no longer exist as a threat. > >Not to mention the blatant empirical untruth of your statement... I suggest you look up the facts and figures available from the CDC before you shoot off about it. I have read the documentation -- many times. AIDS is a behaviorally caused disease. Stop the behavior and you stop the disease. Period. >I'm not sure what you do in your backyard, but mine is pretty clean. And we all know how environmentally sound Michigan is. ------------------------------ Date: 19 Sep 92 05:38:34 GMT From: Joe Dellinger Subject: Iniki experiences Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology,sci.space Satellite picture GIFS showing hurricane Iniki can be found in the directory incoming/Iniki on the machine kiawe.soest.hawaii.edu (128.171.151.16) (Thanks to the UH meteorologists for copying them to the network from the standalone PC's they use to capture these.) /\ /\ /\/\/\/\/\/\/\.-.-.-.-.......___________ / \ / \ /Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, Honolulu\/\/\.-.-....__ ___/ \/ \/Joe Dellinger, Internet: joe@montebello.soest.hawaii.edu\/\.-.__ ------------------------------ Date: 19 Sep 92 04:50:49 GMT From: Henry Spencer Subject: Minimal chemical mission to Pluto Newsgroups: sci.space In article <15272@mindlink.bc.ca> Bruce_Dunn@mindlink.bc.ca (Bruce Dunn) writes: > People interested in an absolutely simple mission to Pluto might try >looking for a book "Interplanetary Spacecraft"... I found it disappointing, actually. Interesting snippets of information interspersed with vagueness. It couldn't decide whether it wanted to be a coffee-table book (which is the way it's *packaged*) or something more serious, and likewise couldn't decide whether it wanted to discuss past missions or design of future ones. -- There is nothing wrong with making | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology mistakes, but... make *new* ones. -D.Sim| henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry ------------------------------ Date: 19 Sep 92 04:41:18 GMT From: Scott McGuire Subject: Space Platforms (political, not physical : -) Newsgroups: sci.space,talk.politics.space,alt.politics.marrou,alt.politics.libertarian steinly@topaz.ucsc.edu (Steinn Sigurdsson) writes: >In article <1992Sep18.183806.28687@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> smcguire@nyx.cs.du.edu (Scott McGuire) writes: > >?? My understanding on the radio was that if you wanted to pay the > >money to outpower someone on a frequency they either had to ante up > >or buy you out. So why couldn't the cubans turn on their counter to > >Radio Matri (sp?) - which under current rules the US has indicated > >they'd bomb if turned on... > If I own some frequency (in some limited area I imagine) no one can use > that frequency with out my consent. If they do they are trespassing and > subject to whatever civil/criminal penalties the law allows. It doesn't > matter how tiny my transmitter is (or even if I transmit at all). Also, > if I broadcast with to strong a transmitter and interfere with someones > frequency in a neighboring area, than I am trespassing. >This is getting way off topic for sci.space, but by what right that >the Cubans recognise would a US Libertarian society own any part >of the radio spectrum if they abbrogated the existing governmental >treaties? In particular, how do you think the cubans should respond if >a Miami station decided a cuban military reserve slot was just the >ticket, and "occupied it" and claimed onwership under US guidelines? >Sue under a legal system they do not recognise with no enforcement powers? >| Steinn Sigurdsson |I saw two shooting stars last night | >| Lick Observatory |I wished on them but they were only satellites | >| steinly@lick.ucsc.edu|Is it wrong to wish on space hardware? | >| "standard disclaimer"|I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care - B.B. 1983 | I imagine that correctly implemented, th US government would only be able to sell frequencies within its borders. Frequencies which tend to travel far even with low power would still be a problem so they would need to be handled as they are now. Basically, all that th US government can privatize is what the FCC now controls. I also feel strongly that even if Libertarians were in power we must live up to any agreements the government has legally entered into. It is vital that the trustworthiness and good credit of the US be maintained. If we don't like a treaty, we'll have to try to renegotiate. Scott Mcguire ------------------------------ Date: 18 Sep 92 20:33:55 GMT From: TS Kelso Subject: Two-Line Orbital Element Sets, Part 1 Newsgroups: sci.space The most current orbital elements from the NORAD two-line element sets are carried on the Celestial BBS, (513) 427-0674, and are updated daily (when possible). Documentation and tracking software are also available on this system. The Celestial BBS may be accessed 24 hours/day at 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, or 9600 bps using 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity. Element sets (also updated daily) and some documentation and software are available via anonymous ftp from archive.afit.af.mil (129.92.1.66) in the directory pub/space. As a service to the satellite user community, the most current of these elements are uploaded weekly to sci.space.news and rec.radio.amateur.misc. This week's elements are provided below. - Current Two-Line Element Sets #058a - Alouette 1 1 00424U 62B-A 1 92260.31071291 .00000056 00000-0 61506-4 0 5970 2 00424 80.4638 195.2901 0023600 321.5413 38.4052 13.67722148495065 ATS 3 1 03029U 67111 A 92259.34574190 -.00000079 00000-0 99999-4 0 8120 2 03029 14.1327 13.8181 0012533 242.0342 117.8771 1.00272689 91026 Cosmos 398 1 04966U 71 16 A 92262.16874587 .00121596 25061-4 41612-3 0 6869 2 04966 51.4772 68.8033 1596766 100.2991 278.1098 12.55915104688610 Starlette 1 07646U 75010 A 92257.76615358 -.00000086 00000-0 -20025-4 0 4389 2 07646 49.8175 164.4755 0206752 18.0139 342.7954 13.82177658889136 LAGEOS 1 08820U 76039 A 92260.37009349 .00000006 00000-0 99999-4 0 4548 2 08820 109.8470 276.7522 0043457 61.7255 298.7907 6.38664433126351 ETS-2 1 09852U 77014 A 92190.49579743 -.00000259 00000-0 99999-4 0 6793 2 09852 10.8042 50.2349 0005583 264.5924 95.3382 1.00110990 3382 GOES 2 1 10061U 77048 A 92256.51964004 .00000096 00000-0 99999-4 0 8293 2 10061 9.9221 53.6233 0004548 179.1516 180.9771 0.99995469 672 IUE 1 10637U 78012 A 92256.50756213 -.00000177 00000-0 00000+0 0 5832 2 10637 33.5978 105.4052 1329982 16.6044 347.9411 1.00142229 6440 GPS-0001 1 10684U 78020 A 92259.05558349 -.00000003 00000-0 99999-4 0 8994 2 10684 64.2612 64.5902 0066917 163.5182 196.7142 1.98069939 92255 GPS-0002 1 10893U 78 47 A 92251.02806259 -.00000015 00000-0 99999-4 0 6553 2 10893 63.9149 305.0791 0202645 13.2550 347.3109 2.01626317105006 GOES 3 1 10953U 78062 A 92257.66022034 .00000108 00000-0 99999-4 0 4857 2 10953 8.8324 56.3075 0004633 92.2159 267.9673 1.00287467 5296 SeaSat 1 1 10967U 78064 A 92259.54234593 .00000184 00000-0 82114-4 0 8611 2 10967 108.0136 218.2254 0003032 269.8439 90.2353 14.37670536744422 GPS-0003 1 11054U 78093 A 92261.02223889 -.00000014 00000-0 99999-4 0 7524 2 11054 63.6280 300.5210 0043816 173.3603 186.7836 1.93505349102162 Nimbus 7 1 11080U 78098 A 92261.69832262 -.00000001 00000-0 14828-4 0 9887 2 11080 99.1310 155.4350 0009750 46.3290 313.8680 13.83682557701918 GPS-0004 1 11141U 78112 A 92259.11482557 -.00000003 00000-0 99999-4 0 4670 2 11141 64.2645 64.7647 0049009 23.5252 336.7471 1.92895111100652 GPS-0005 1 11690U 80 11 A 92259.67521993 -.00000002 00000-0 99999-4 0 4072 2 11690 64.5973 66.6213 0135391 199.7360 159.7603 2.00550292106715 GPS-0006 1 11783U 80 32 A 92252.17711268 -.00000014 00000-0 99999-4 0 6785 2 11783 63.0526 299.8343 0197738 29.0465 332.1709 2.03458506 90796 GOES 5 1 12472U 81049 A 92260.38027632 -.00000250 00000-0 99999-4 0 3663 2 12472 5.4438 65.4802 0002275 9.2310 350.9438 1.00278847 40472 Cosmos 1383 1 13301U 82 66 A 92260.46152161 .00000035 00000-0 34291-4 0 9479 2 13301 82.9283 58.0444 0028834 55.6369 304.7500 13.68017699510090 LandSat 4 1 13367U 82 72 A 92261.18792800 .00000184 00000-0 45888-4 0 4405 2 13367 98.2731 316.8715 0008330 74.2472 285.9659 14.57082095541154 IRAS 1 13777U 83 4 A 92260.04527980 .00000151 00000-0 12809-3 0 2133 2 13777 98.9927 92.7162 0012560 280.6564 79.3279 13.99132471161851 Cosmos 1447 1 13916U 83 21 A 92260.03257990 .00000062 00000-0 58740-4 0 243 2 13916 82.9465 124.4079 0038945 11.8536 348.3540 13.74260861475546 TDRS 1 1 13969U 83 26 B 92258.65237976 .00000122 00000-0 99999-4 0 7439 2 13969 6.3820 57.8241 0002201 121.1983 238.9246 1.00267410 7637 GOES 6 1 14050U 83 41 A 92252.57161036 .00000051 00000-0 99999-4 0 7404 2 14050 4.2001 68.4691 0001149 280.4139 79.9057 1.00312025 6305 OSCAR 10 1 14129U 83 58 B 92227.67653450 -.00000037 00000-0 99998-4 0 8896 2 14129 26.7268 68.9017 6028962 8.6060 358.5849 2.05882051 40988 GPS-0008 1 14189U 83 72 A 92260.85626154 -.00000004 00000-0 99999-4 0 2750 2 14189 63.8294 62.0920 0136545 231.7463 127.0395 2.00563568 67269 LandSat 5 1 14780U 84 21 A 92261.71140001 .00000240 00000-0 58370-4 0 2388 2 14780 98.1791 320.4322 0003520 66.9368 293.2203 14.57131753454642 UoSat 2 1 14781U 84 21 B 92257.58657617 .00000383 00000-0 69755-4 0 2999 2 14781 97.8443 289.8376 0011936 154.8920 205.2869 14.68654959456116 GPS-0009 1 15039U 84 59 A 92259.03755781 -.00000005 00000-0 99999-4 0 6438 2 15039 63.5863 61.1383 0042806 214.7020 145.0354 2.00568902 60504 Cosmos 1574 1 15055U 84 62 A 92261.25785279 .00000031 00000-0 26944-4 0 2469 2 15055 82.9615 175.4726 0026714 189.6967 170.3680 13.73560837413058 GPS-0010 1 15271U 84 97 A 92260.97370068 -.00000014 00000-0 99999-4 0 3295 2 15271 62.7599 299.1816 0125435 339.4413 20.1330 2.00563428 57651 Cosmos 1602 1 15331U 84105 A 92261.65868363 .00000949 00000-0 11254-3 0 9163 2 15331 82.5361 314.2874 0021267 143.6447 216.6218 14.83372798429964 NOAA 9 1 15427U 84123 A 92261.76199849 .00000098 00000-0 62539-4 0 1718 2 15427 99.1370 290.7574 0014475 213.6696 146.3548 14.13432816400297 GPS-0011 1 16129U 85 93 A 92261.19671523 -.00000003 00000-0 99999-4 0 330 2 16129 64.3414 62.7354 0128798 143.5494 217.3563 2.00565065 50860 Mir 1 16609U 86 17 A 92262.12770514 .00037476 00000-0 57052-3 0 5582 2 16609 51.6253 143.0339 0003148 182.3608 177.8272 15.54133032376730 SPOT 1 1 16613U 86 19 A 92261.83551850 .00000108 00000-0 59712-4 0 7968 2 16613 98.7101 333.8415 0000811 31.8911 328.2312 14.20032831 26109 Cosmos 1766 1 16881U 86 55 A 92259.75352635 .00000870 00000-0 10534-3 0 7642 2 16881 82.5170 14.3825 0019554 169.1001 191.0660 14.82482963330684 EGP 1 16908U 86 61 A 92260.42158629 -.00000025 00000-0 99999-4 0 5848 2 16908 50.0060 248.1853 0011496 130.7707 229.4127 12.44404197277238 NOAA 10 1 16969U 86 73 A 92261.51754064 .00000031 00000-0 21505-4 0 191 2 16969 98.5328 278.4475 0013980 35.1765 325.0328 14.24701156311800 MOS-1 1 17527U 87 18 A 92261.23796654 .00000078 00000-0 71058-4 0 2700 2 17527 99.1126 329.7651 0000034 104.5538 255.5570 13.94868392284004 GOES 7 1 17561U 87 22 A 92260.32111348 -.00000026 00000-0 99999-4 0 1485 2 17561 0.0121 200.8968 0002211 304.6175 214.5191 1.00273156 3620 Kvant-1 1 17845U 87 30 A 92261.80620349 .00006170 00000-0 96792-4 0 997 2 17845 51.6245 144.6394 0002071 173.3427 186.8815 15.54089402376683 DMSP B5D2-3 1 18123U 87 53 A 92262.03498826 .00000001 00000-0 99999-5 0 5750 2 18123 98.8002 91.6983 0013892 193.4674 166.6117 14.15178534270889 RS-10/11 1 18129U 87 54 A 92261.90654696 .00000176 00000-0 18085-3 0 3331 2 18129 82.9224 79.8633 0012067 0.1500 359.9608 13.72294568262500 Meteor 2-16 1 18312U 87 68 A 92256.81693515 .00000044 00000-0 34264-4 0 8996 2 18312 82.5544 1.2891 0013002 111.5378 248.7170 13.83958775256208 Meteor 2-17 1 18820U 88 5 A 92261.91313110 .00000037 00000-0 27264-4 0 7509 2 18820 82.5387 55.4755 0016444 167.1334 193.0257 13.84648413234164 DMSP B5D2-4 1 18822U 88 6 A 92261.03864927 .00000230 00000-0 11936-3 0 4715 2 18822 98.5243 128.4794 0007397 51.2234 308.9725 14.22705434239776 Glonass 34 1 19163U 88 43 A 92257.00416062 .00000018 00000-0 99999-4 0 5474 2 19163 64.9424 131.9203 0007357 167.8619 192.4633 2.13102475 32974 Glonass 36 1 19165U 88 43 C 92259.87629086 .00000018 00000-0 99999-4 0 7905 2 19165 64.9556 131.8181 0028410 91.1095 269.3185 2.13102142 33659 METEOSAT 3 1 19215U 88 51 A 92252.17308658 -.00000258 00000-0 99999-4 0 4549 2 19215 0.2558 71.7839 0000307 124.7747 163.4359 1.00280584 3425 AO-13 1 19216U 88 51 B 92256.97453994 -.00000012 00000-0 24962-3 0 4507 2 19216 57.2424 1.9397 7291575 296.0540 8.5040 2.09717963 1042 OKEAN 1 1 19274U 88 56 A 92261.10939834 .00000636 00000-0 79721-4 0 4683 2 19274 82.5146 112.3318 0019549 313.0019 46.9555 14.81396688226586 Meteor 3-2 1 19336U 88 64 A 92260.46195313 .00000026 00000-0 55698-4 0 9556 2 19336 82.5393 55.6424 0017923 57.8132 302.4735 13.16950651199187 Glonass 39 1 19503U 88 85 C 92259.89718013 -.00000021 00000-0 99999-4 0 7969 2 19503 65.6641 10.8380 0006867 183.0139 177.0249 2.13102238 31141 NOAA 11 1 19531U 88 89 A 92262.00913067 .00000061 00000-0 43203-4 0 9149 2 19531 99.0945 226.9993 0012522 121.6181 238.6195 14.12739594205241 TDRS 2 1 19548U 88 91 B 92258.19025766 -.00000258 00000-0 00000+0 0 4669 2 19548 0.0499 272.3458 0002229 280.0100 167.6569 1.00271450 1964 Glonass 40 1 19749U 89 1 A 92261.34638127 .00000018 00000-0 00000+0 0 7561 2 19749 64.8702 131.4051 0005495 270.1899 89.8328 2.13102084 28709 Glonass 41 1 19750U 89 1 B 92259.99598513 .00000018 00000-0 99999-4 0 7802 2 19750 64.8974 131.4768 0006641 251.6066 108.4203 2.13102068 28679 GPS BII-01 1 19802U 89 13 A 92261.04829236 .00000016 00000-0 99999-4 0 4604 2 19802 55.0411 164.9732 0040925 171.5277 188.6079 2.00563343 26250 Akebono 1 19822U 89 16 A 92261.78702800 .00029259 00000-0 16948-2 0 6060 2 19822 75.0876 175.4710 3926627 30.1068 347.6640 7.57808595 60285 Meteor 2-18 1 19851U 89 18 A 92256.60359679 .00000045 00000-0 34533-4 0 6986 2 19851 82.5218 296.2141 0013115 227.8431 132.1621 13.84297926178783 MOP-1 1 19876U 89 20 B 92259.00000000 .00000025 00000-0 00000+0 0 4066 2 19876 0.2921 25.0085 0001152 139.3372 190.2118 1.00279469 677 TDRS 3 1 19883U 89 21 B 92258.13280116 -.00000240 00000-0 00000+0 0 4886 2 19883 0.0363 295.5671 0000286 6.4887 58.0001 1.00267350 83129 GPS BII-02 1 20061U 89 44 A 92260.88643978 -.00000033 00000-0 99999-4 0 4650 2 20061 54.8899 342.4536 0110908 196.1838 163.5148 2.00561550 23991 Nadezhda 1 1 20103U 89 50 A 92259.40930987 .00000035 00000-0 31314-4 0 6008 2 20103 82.9563 39.5405 0036353 272.5436 87.1559 13.73795276160468 GPS BII-03 1 20185U 89 64 A 92260.72545151 .00000016 00000-0 99999-4 0 4117 2 20185 54.8756 165.7128 0011205 198.5256 161.4912 2.00555083 22565 -- Dr TS Kelso Assistant Professor of Space Operations tkelso@afit.af.mil Air Force Institute of Technology ------------------------------ Date: 18 Sep 92 20:34:11 GMT From: TS Kelso Subject: Two-Line Orbital Element Sets, Part 2 Newsgroups: sci.space The most current orbital elements from the NORAD two-line element sets are carried on the Celestial BBS, (513) 427-0674, and are updated daily (when possible). Documentation and tracking software are also available on this system. The Celestial BBS may be accessed 24 hours/day at 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, or 9600 bps using 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity. Element sets (also updated daily) and some documentation and software are available via anonymous ftp from archive.afit.af.mil (129.92.1.66) in the directory pub/space. As a service to the satellite user community, the most current of these elements are uploaded weekly to sci.space.news and rec.radio.amateur.misc. This week's elements are provided below. - Current Two-Line Element Sets #058b - GMS 4 1 20217U 89 70 A 92259.62456551 -.00000253 00000-0 99999-4 0 4543 2 20217 0.2269 343.2988 0001466 145.6018 231.1396 1.00277505 11725 GPS BII-04 1 20302U 89 85 A 92261.25564264 -.00000014 00000-0 99999-4 0 4115 2 20302 54.0119 283.2593 0016103 324.9569 34.9814 2.00567390 21374 Meteor 3-3 1 20305U 89 86 A 92260.26549427 .00000043 00000-0 99999-4 0 6048 2 20305 82.5479 358.1074 0016952 74.8259 285.4735 13.16002407139071 COBE 1 20322U 89 89 A 92261.54743641 -.00000066 00000-0 -30812-4 0 5591 2 20322 99.0085 274.0864 0007631 239.9429 120.0981 14.03350649144957 Kvant-2 1 20335U 89 93 A 92261.80620327 .00015021 00000-0 23397-3 0 1987 2 20335 51.6244 144.6377 0002752 173.8282 186.4027 15.54092125376688 GPS BII-05 1 20361U 89 97 A 92260.27247542 .00000007 00000-0 99999-4 0 3616 2 20361 55.2079 107.7392 0067507 84.7780 276.0785 2.00563752 10837 SPOT 2 1 20436U 90 5 A 92261.72472942 .00000132 00000-0 70892-4 0 9396 2 20436 98.7366 334.8542 0000271 135.7683 224.3520 14.20024399137629 UO-14 1 20437U 90 5 B 92262.11877197 .00000106 00000-0 49123-4 0 6203 2 20437 98.6370 343.1601 0010597 264.3136 95.6841 14.29671357138556 UO-15 1 20438U 90 5 C 92260.22784915 .00000051 00000-0 27970-4 0 4897 2 20438 98.6381 340.8665 0009592 271.7618 88.2465 14.29062564138243 PACSAT 1 20439U 90 5 D 92255.34213112 .00000072 00000-0 35890-4 0 4906 2 20439 98.6411 337.0938 0010486 286.4303 73.5731 14.29732984137597 DO-17 1 20440U 90 5 E 92259.97578800 .00000102 00000-0 47316-4 0 4910 2 20440 98.6411 341.8291 0010492 271.6567 88.3421 14.29862067138260 WO-18 1 20441U 90 5 F 92262.11157910 .00000088 00000-0 42150-4 0 4910 2 20441 98.6407 343.9890 0010958 264.9361 95.0574 14.29852786138573 LO-19 1 20442U 90 5 G 92256.11238670 .00000077 00000-0 37672-4 0 4907 2 20442 98.6412 338.1631 0011466 283.4466 76.5438 14.29935391137729 GPS BII-06 1 20452U 90 8 A 92261.17504344 .00000009 00000-0 99999-4 0 4126 2 20452 54.1816 222.4952 0046374 62.0561 298.4030 2.00565981 19350 MOS-1B 1 20478U 90 13 A 92261.21151747 .00000518 00000-0 41090-3 0 9724 2 20478 99.1058 334.0118 0000340 82.0282 278.1001 13.94869555 53703 DEBUT 1 20479U 90 13 B 92253.24191153 .00000022 00000-0 78834-4 0 4344 2 20479 99.0689 156.1660 0541105 2.7695 357.6203 12.83286792121283 FO-20 1 20480U 90 13 C 92255.75077759 -.00000008 00000-0 11220-4 0 3833 2 20480 99.0694 158.1781 0541058 357.1198 2.6828 12.83213544121600 MOS-1B R/B 1 20491U 90 13 D 92258.36048808 -.00000382 00000-0 -69476-3 0 5752 2 20491 99.0677 186.3712 0470063 269.0282 85.6960 13.02936934123205 LACE 1 20496U 90 15 A 92260.57103327 .00003972 00000-0 15366-3 0 9910 2 20496 43.1039 66.9162 0018045 205.9860 153.8788 15.27517183143650 Nadezhda 2 1 20508U 90 17 A 92256.19319263 .00000050 00000-0 47283-4 0 5573 2 20508 82.9586 176.6733 0042971 229.3688 130.3730 13.73426560127283 OKEAN 2 1 20510U 90 18 A 92260.45110512 .00000791 00000-0 10722-3 0 9176 2 20510 82.5198 57.7654 0020611 115.0763 245.2593 14.77553433137317 INTELSAT-6 1 20523U 90 21 A 92260.10995732 -.00000216 00000-0 99999-4 0 9752 2 20523 0.3682 258.7172 0003265 251.9664 209.5724 1.00263550 2232 GPS BII-07 1 20533U 90 25 A 92261.08145706 -.00000033 00000-0 99999-4 0 4126 2 20533 55.2179 342.7652 0038693 92.5842 267.9148 2.00565741 18121 PegSat 1 20546U 90 28 A 92260.61180198 .00007812 00000-0 26236-3 0 1104 2 20546 94.1256 301.2646 0096276 194.1189 165.7349 15.26472686134416 HST 1 20580U 90 37 B 92261.34792236 .00001357 00000-0 11685-3 0 8539 2 20580 28.4700 21.4193 0004972 65.1898 294.9218 14.91757904130722 MACSAT 2 1 20608U 90 43 B 92256.78037691 .00000405 00000-0 69463-4 0 6030 2 20608 89.9177 185.5254 0106218 174.4412 185.8009 14.64135701125269 Glonass 44 1 20619U 90 45 A 92261.71602552 -.00000021 00000-0 00000+0 0 2721 2 20619 65.2750 10.7135 0024830 209.6242 150.2579 2.13102716 18173 Glonass 45 1 20620U 90 45 B 92261.36486733 -.00000021 00000-0 00000+0 0 3030 2 20620 65.2575 10.7221 0006261 48.8819 311.2040 2.13103031 18170 Glonass 46 1 20621U 90 45 C 92260.48745841 -.00000021 00000-0 00000+0 0 1927 2 20621 65.2790 10.7585 0014639 200.7771 159.1877 2.13102033 18153 Kristall 1 20635U 90 48 A 92261.80617470 .00015368 00000-0 23922-3 0 9983 2 20635 51.6243 144.6376 0002627 174.6963 185.3735 15.54092118376681 ROSAT 1 20638U 90 49 A 92256.68631124 .00001451 00000-0 12022-3 0 6769 2 20638 52.9903 357.7018 0011650 279.8161 80.1512 15.05144598125251 Meteor 2-19 1 20670U 90 57 A 92256.75367867 .00000047 00000-0 37280-4 0 4472 2 20670 82.5446 358.7250 0015719 146.6426 213.5730 13.84136727111745 CRRES 1 20712U 90 65 A 92261.78375709 .00001886 00000-0 23383-2 0 218 2 20712 17.8144 85.7071 7193876 73.6586 349.3481 2.34266599 10912 GPS BII-08 1 20724U 90 68 A 92258.90476456 .00000015 00000-0 99999-4 0 3130 2 20724 54.6825 163.5648 0100479 143.0043 217.7439 2.00564703 15507 Feng Yun1-2 1 20788U 90 81 A 92257.93391584 .00000369 00000-0 26799-3 0 4179 2 20788 98.8965 285.8545 0015960 357.4896 2.6186 14.01289275103895 Meteor 2-20 1 20826U 90 86 A 92256.61567173 .00000056 00000-0 45514-4 0 4495 2 20826 82.5265 297.2166 0014657 51.6834 308.5641 13.83510493 98901 GPS BII-09 1 20830U 90 88 A 92260.95156910 .00000006 00000-0 99999-4 0 3633 2 20830 55.1224 105.8086 0070701 109.6071 251.2377 2.00564729 14626 GPS BII-10 1 20959U 90103 A 92259.85594054 .00000016 00000-0 99999-4 0 2635 2 20959 54.8860 165.2840 0062678 218.6119 141.0365 2.00565593 13190 DMSP B5D2-5 1 20978U 90105 A 92261.90335297 .00000330 00000-0 13468-3 0 7785 2 20978 98.7761 310.3130 0078833 236.2429 123.1206 14.32012451 93880 Glonass 47 1 21006U 90110 A 92260.99254798 .00000017 00000-0 00000+0 0 9089 2 21006 64.8452 130.8069 0060517 185.6895 174.3383 2.13102679 13844 Glonass 48 1 21007U 90110 B 92261.17368162 .00000017 00000-0 00000+0 0 9565 2 21007 64.8865 130.8377 0038371 179.0917 181.0002 2.13100776 13849 Glonass 49 1 21008U 90110 C 92261.05756587 .00000017 00000-0 00000+0 0 9082 2 21008 64.8427 130.8301 0008521 293.3408 66.6604 2.13099889 13848 INFORMTR-1 1 21087U 91 6 A 92261.57929522 .00000041 00000-0 36455-4 0 5038 2 21087 82.9399 254.5456 0037019 62.2229 298.2650 13.74493107 81992 Cosmos 2123 1 21089U 91 7 A 92256.67478900 .00000035 00000-0 30469-4 0 3024 2 21089 82.9268 127.9139 0030520 96.1664 264.2969 13.73999633 80415 MOP-2 1 21140U 91 15 B 92258.00000000 .00000012 00000-0 00000+0 0 2524 2 21140 0.1739 287.3412 0000410 36.6575 28.4542 1.00261286 577 Nadezhda 3 1 21152U 91 19 A 92256.54755106 .00000042 00000-0 38181-4 0 3577 2 21152 82.9262 83.1881 0040685 203.1724 156.7598 13.73454367 75469 Almaz-1 1 21213U 91 24 A 92261.76814405 .00047379 00000-0 21733-3 0 1766 2 21213 72.6481 193.6003 0007587 296.1478 63.9296 15.83399546 85118 Glonass 50 1 21216U 91 25 A 92261.48032905 -.00000022 00000-0 00000+0 0 8678 2 21216 65.0259 10.6845 0009421 214.7565 145.2077 2.13103900 11356 Glonass 51 1 21217U 91 25 B 92261.54115145 -.00000022 00000-0 00000+0 0 8629 2 21217 65.0022 10.6916 0011367 231.0371 128.8998 2.13102911 11353 Glonass 52 1 21218U 91 25 C 92257.90389336 -.00000022 00000-0 99999-4 0 8439 2 21218 65.0056 10.8062 0007541 299.8980 60.0374 2.13102731 11278 GRO 1 21225U 91 27 B 92260.73240550 .00018721 00000-0 21406-3 0 6842 2 21225 28.4656 113.1671 0004288 234.8150 125.1993 15.60536764 82294 Meteor 3-4 1 21232U 91 30 A 92256.94274070 .00000043 00000-0 99999-4 0 2494 2 21232 82.5432 263.7751 0019248 5.1726 354.9553 13.16811051 66836 NOAA 12 1 21263U 91 32 A 92262.03917127 .00000302 00000-0 15349-3 0 3714 2 21263 98.6888 290.6200 0012142 283.5252 76.4583 14.22105526 69960 OKEAN 3 1 21397U 91 39 A 92256.66694547 .00000829 00000-0 11786-3 0 5974 2 21397 82.5273 331.1543 0022523 188.6827 171.4000 14.75550458 68736 GPS BII-11 1 21552U 91 47 A 92261.12220946 .00000006 00000-0 99999-4 0 2215 2 21552 55.4174 103.1768 0043342 223.7265 136.0059 2.00570829 8816 ERS-1 1 21574U 91 50 A 92261.88937325 .00000220 00000-0 89160-4 0 4996 2 21574 98.5476 334.6001 0001607 103.6005 256.5357 14.32252381 61434 UO-22 1 21575U 91 50 B 92259.72145899 .00000130 00000-0 51050-4 0 1910 2 21575 98.5036 333.8562 0008553 39.2182 320.9623 14.36694318 61253 ORBCOMM-X 1 21576U 91 50 C 92260.21659181 .00000184 00000-0 70525-4 0 2548 2 21576 98.5027 333.8510 0004675 42.8044 317.3505 14.36038464 61292 TUBSAT 1 21577U 91 50 D 92255.23149603 .00000079 00000-0 33843-4 0 1889 2 21577 98.5036 329.1917 0007496 53.1945 306.9928 14.36274472 60597 SARA 1 21578U 91 50 E 92258.24729379 .00000596 00000-0 21080-3 0 3142 2 21578 98.5064 332.8349 0005649 50.9366 309.2324 14.37904233 61064 TDRS 4 1 21639U 91 54 B 92257.50391867 .00000109 00000-0 00000+0 0 2244 2 21639 0.0622 28.8939 0002530 137.2973 193.6558 1.00264644 2224 Meteor 3-5 1 21655U 91 56 A 92256.86987809 .00000043 00000-0 99999-4 0 3157 2 21655 82.5556 210.3471 0014259 8.6549 351.4817 13.16808260 51924 UARS 1 21701U 91 63 B 92260.35260030 -.00066952 00000-0 -59718-2 0 1802 2 21701 56.9870 198.9983 0005691 78.9112 281.2559 14.96335880 55306 DMSP B5D2-6 1 21798U 91 82 A 92261.03839171 .00000859 00000-0 47572-3 0 2396 2 21798 98.9426 255.0148 0013476 141.4619 218.7647 14.13513694 41455 Glonass 53 1 21853U 92 5 A 92260.93370904 .00000017 00000-0 99999-4 0 2797 2 21853 64.7993 130.5618 0006544 189.6757 170.4120 2.13102944 4943 Glonass 54 1 21854U 92 5 B 92261.69632736 .00000017 00000-0 99999-4 0 2673 2 21854 64.8027 130.5178 0016317 16.0522 344.1010 2.13102822 4950 Glonass 55 1 21855U 92 5 C 92260.34746824 .00000017 00000-0 99999-4 0 2725 2 21855 64.8030 130.5736 0006903 198.6026 161.4699 2.13102112 4912 JERS-1 1 21867U 92 7 A 92261.72169783 .00002300 00000-0 19634-3 0 3901 2 21867 97.7023 335.8630 0001435 92.4378 267.7030 14.98651889 32906 GPS BII-12 1 21890U 92 9 A 92260.08662237 -.00000013 00000-0 99999-4 0 1135 2 21890 54.5125 282.9126 0062547 143.0756 217.2573 2.00561887 4169 GPS BII-13 1 21930U 92 19 A 92260.29749951 -.00000020 00000-0 99999-4 0 1120 2 21930 55.2330 43.4976 0074510 158.7562 201.5444 2.00567711 3090 EUVE 1 21987U 92 31 A 92232.33773712 .00002181 00000-0 10297-3 0 77 2 21987 28.4322 199.3801 0010738 262.4472 97.5038 15.15165949 11029 SAMPEX 1 22012U 92 38 A 92262.06646755 .00003386 00000-0 31048-3 0 360 2 22012 81.6732 122.2906 0124384 317.6263 41.5395 14.88846082 11387 GPS BII-14 1 22014U 92 39 A 92251.85647238 .00000010 00000-0 99999-4 0 300 2 22014 55.0377 223.5471 0083321 276.5822 82.4415 2.00569261 1254 Soyuz TM-15 1 22054U 92 46 A 92261.80620322 .00017013 00000-0 26399-3 0 497 2 22054 51.6242 144.6372 0002749 174.9174 185.3140 15.54093925 8156 Glonass 56 1 22056U 92 47 A 92261.65679372 -.00000022 00000-0 99999-4 0 672 2 22056 64.8536 11.0027 0004905 259.7490 100.2315 2.13103748 1028 Glonass 57 1 22057U 92 47 B 92261.30479545 -.00000022 00000-0 99999-4 0 721 2 22057 64.8670 11.0136 0004360 268.0183 91.9577 2.13103504 1011 Glonass 58 1 22058U 92 47 C 92259.60358210 -.00000022 00000-0 99999-4 0 648 2 22058 64.8580 11.0952 0011771 295.8140 64.0875 2.13103460 1016 EURECA-1 1 22065U 92 49 B 92234.28289317 .00004844 00000-0 20599-3 0 246 2 22065 28.4548 209.8494 0003591 39.0226 321.0637 15.20595564 3168 TOPEX 1 22076U 92 52 A 92261.23748183 .00035716 00000-0 15382+0 0 295 2 22076 66.0397 176.0875 0006971 272.2314 87.7878 12.80988403 4785 KITSAT-A 1 22077U 92 52 B 92253.32171143 -.00000002 00000-0 99999-4 0 194 2 22077 66.0687 193.1647 0063744 136.3750 224.2260 12.77678522 3764 S80/T 1 22078U 92 52 C 92255.76230089 .00000000 00000-0 99999-4 0 131 2 22078 66.0834 187.0982 0016921 253.3212 106.5955 12.86553315 4082 ProgressM14 1 22090U 92 55 A 92261.80620346 .00017005 00000-0 26390-3 0 350 2 22090 51.6242 144.6374 0002752 174.9388 185.2939 15.54093922 5125 SATCOM-C4 1 22096U 92 57 A 92260.40875449 .00000076 00000-0 99999-4 0 119 2 22096 0.1457 304.2819 0047125 108.6845 307.4894 1.00684923 116 1992 057B 1 22097U 92 57 B 92260.04547949 .00000029 00000-0 99999-4 0 30 2 22097 25.1954 272.2284 0507312 83.2772 282.5103 10.91983446 1717 1992 057C 1 22098U 92 57 C 92261.50413578 -.00000053 00000-0 99999-4 0 121 2 22098 20.4109 318.9655 6754544 5.7604 359.3433 2.17549183 395 PION 1 1 22099U 92 56 C 92247.15153330 .00171091 -14917-5 10864-3 0 78 2 22099 82.5655 133.3933 0008848 243.4611 119.2161 16.17536496 2381 PION 2 1 22100U 92 56 D 92247.15153330 .00247247 -13579-5 15903-3 0 36 2 22100 82.5670 133.3949 0008800 249.1217 111.9470 16.17373384 2388 GPS BII-15 1 22108U 92 58 A 92258.24855066 -.00000014 00000-0 99999-4 0 41 2 22108 54.7873 283.6322 0121863 98.5871 261.4670 1.99181816 71 1992 058B 1 22109U 92 58 B 92260.04361534 .00000917 00000-0 11549-3 0 51 2 22109 19.7858 230.9105 0046350 237.3751 122.2204 14.60579926 989 1992 058C 1 22110U 92 58 C 92261.12847268 .00073741 65486-5 19514-2 0 166 2 22110 34.7357 271.5502 6045938 200.3923 117.6652 4.05318726 322 1992 059A 1 22112U 92 59 A 92260.82408502 -.00000185 00000-0 99999-4 0 86 2 22112 1.3371 270.5223 0016712 15.5884 343.4226 1.00094838 56 1992 059D 1 22115U 92 59 D 92260.82466535 -.00000216 00000-0 99999-4 0 39 2 22115 1.3421 270.7429 0008370 228.8187 130.1431 0.99806342 58 1992 060A 1 22116U 92 60 A 92258.24487175 -.00000047 00000-0 99999-4 0 30 2 22116 2.6324 150.6044 4340339 178.6406 189.3839 1.72629198 49 1992 060B 1 22117U 92 60 B 92261.40246973 .00000144 00000-0 99999-4 0 62 2 22117 0.1325 254.1020 0030587 207.5098 259.4830 1.00145829 50 1992 060C 1 22118U 92 60 C 92258.75204570 -.00008319 00000-0 -14202-2 0 37 2 22118 6.9265 150.7870 7318968 181.2437 175.9110 2.24568158 72 1992 060D 1 22119U 92 60 D 92255.64040975 .00000750 00000-0 99999-4 0 26 2 22119 6.8216 151.3534 7297135 179.1987 188.0550 2.27917470 04 STS 47 1 22120U 92 61 A 92262.25000000 .00077344 00000-0 25599-3 0 194 2 22120 57.0027 81.5273 0008909 300.0898 20.2238 15.89754707 897 -- Dr TS Kelso Assistant Professor of Space Operations tkelso@afit.af.mil Air Force Institute of Technology ------------------------------ End of Space Digest Volume 15 : Issue 223 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