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From: karn@eagle.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.ham-radio,net.space
Subject: AMSAT-OSCAR-10 IS BORN!!
Message-ID: <1003@eagle.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-Jun-83 13:59:12 EDT
Article-I.D.: eagle.1003
Posted: Thu Jun 16 13:59:12 1983
Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jun-83 23:11:02 EDT
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As reported earlier via a different system (the telco was having network
problems) AMSAT-OSCAR-10 was successfully launched this morning from
Kourou, French Guiana.  Liftoff time, launcher trajectory and the
resulting orbit were all very close to nominal.

Follows is an initial element set:

International designator: 1983 058B
Satellite: oscar-10
Epoch time:      83167.50924769
   Thu Jun 16 12:13:19 1983 UTC
Inclination:        8.6010 deg
RA of node:       249.3110 deg
Eccentricity:    0.7308180
Arg of perigee:   177.8730 deg
Mean anomaly:       0.1941 deg
Mean motion:    2.27337623 rev/day
Epoch rev:               0
Semi major axis: 24437.225 km
Anom period:    633.419132 min
Apogee:          35918.245 km
Perigee:           199.917 km
Beacon:           145.8100 mhz