Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!udel!burdvax!dvnspc1!tom 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 References: <55.24D4A922@metnet.FIDONET.ORG> <17361@bellcore.bellcore.com> Organization: Unisys Corporation, Devon, PA Lines: 50 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 ELSETFm: 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