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From: tom@dvnspc1.Dev.Unisys.COM (Tom Albrecht)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle communications
Message-ID: <747@dvnspc1.Dev.Unisys.COM>
Date: 11 Aug 89 17:01:09 GMT
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In article <17361@bellcore.bellcore.com>, karn@ka9q.bellcore.com (Phil Karn) writes:
> 
> Given that I am near New York, these observations confirm the high
> inclination orbit. Anybody have a set of Keplerian elements yet?
> 
> Phil

I pulled the following off the Celestial RCP/M system.

Sb: ACTUAL STS 28 ELSET  
Fm: TED MOLCZAN
To: ALL
 #: 4952 05:49:42 09-Aug-89
 
The following elset was received from a friend. The origin is
offical. 
 
20164  89061A  89220.55325462  00084253
57.0005  46.3102  0012736  291.1181  241.7481  15.91332191 
 
This was rev 0 by NORAD's count, and rev 1 by NASA's.
 
Orbit is 297 km x 314 km, with 90.49 min period.
 
STS 27 was 57 deg inc, 451 km by 458 km, with 93.53 min period.
Therefore it appears that STS 28 is on a different mission, i.e.
not Lacrosse. KH-11 type payload would be consistent with low
orbit of STS 28.
 
Visibility prospects in N.A. not good. Southern U.S. latitudes
may have low pre-dawn passes on final day or two of mission.
 
BFN
 
Sb: LATEST STS 28 ELSET.  
Fm: TED MOLCZAN
To: ALL
 #: 4953 16:29:14 09-Aug-89
 
Received this morning :
 
89221.10520486 .00078617 00000+00 25599-3 005
56.9981  43.7612  0008896  307.8287  146.2817  15.90071905
 
Above is at start of NORAD's rev 9 and NASA's rev 10.
 
BFN
 
-- 
Tom Albrecht