Date: Sun, 2 Aug 92 05:00:00 From: Space Digest maintainer Reply-To: Space-request@isu.isunet.edu Subject: Space Digest V15 #060 To: Space Digest Readers Precedence: bulk Space Digest Sun, 2 Aug 92 Volume 15 : Issue 060 Today's Topics: A 12 mile tether that generates 5000v? ET and Radio ETs and Radio How to find limiting magnitude? (was Re: Solar Power Satellites) SEDS International Conference Information Solar Power Satellites Space Station Freedom assembly questions Two-Line Orbital Element Set Format 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: 1 Aug 92 02:32:47 GMT From: Sam Warden Subject: A 12 mile tether that generates 5000v? Newsgroups: sci.space schumach@convex.com (Richard A. Schumacher) writes: >Not applicable: efficiency won't come into it unless you try to extract >power from this long skinny generator. A static voltage will be created >without any worry about efficiency. Extracting power: now, that's the real question. I understand quite well how a static p. d. is induced, but not at all how anybody's going to get power out of these things, the way folks are talking about. From whatever ion current the ends can pick up? What kind of _usable_ output are these things predicted to be capable of? -- samw@bucket.rain.com (Sam Warden) -- and not a mere Device. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Aug 92 13:56:07 BST From: amon@elegabalus.cs.qub.ac.uk Subject: ET and Radio > Dale, recall that the "classic" Morrison-Cocconi version of SETI > search assumes the Other Guys are intentionally beaming radio signals > at our planet, in the hope that young, technologically primitive > civilizations will be searching for such beacons (or at least doing > radio astronomy). Obviously they could continue to do this long > after their own technology had passed the 20th-century stage. > Agreed. However most of the discussion here seems to have been about how far away Earth's radio signals can be detected. The idea that civilizations are setting up beacons for us to read is a much larger assumption than that advanced civilizations need to communicate. (After a century or so they all get their SETI funding cut :-) My point is that we have a much higher chance of detecting SETI if we evesdrop on day to day commerce than we do by relying on the "theory" that they: A) Want us to know they are there; B) Want it badly enough to set up a long term program; C) Have a mentality that would make them think this is worthwhile; D) Don't already know where we are; E) They haven't found a better way to find intelligence. This probably adds a couple terms on to the Drake equation if you are going to listen for intentionally broadcast signals. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Aug 92 13:43:28 BST From: amon@elegabalus.cs.qub.ac.uk Subject: ETs and Radio > Assume Einstein is right. Interstellar flight takes longer than the > time available since the Universe began to visit all the stars. Or, > we are the *first* technological civilization to evolve in the galaxy. > Or, technological civilizations self destruct. > Or they discover nanotechnology and after a few millenia of play (if they don't manage to turn the galaxy and themselves into cases of beer first), join a universal mind that could literally watch every sparrow fall... ------------------------------ Date: 26 Jul 92 10:08:54 GMT From: Ralph Buttigieg Subject: How to find limiting magnitude? (was Re: Solar Power Satellites) Newsgroups: sci.space Original to: M.L.Cook3@lut.ac.uk to M.L.Cook3@lut.ac.uk (?), via *IXgate 3:713/602 M> of a problem. Say we have a fullish moon at magnitude - M> 12 or so. The brightest M> satellites about these days are no brighter than about - M> 2, hence their luminous M> flux will only be one ten thousandth that of the moon, M> and even a super bright M> satellite at -7 one one hundredth. I think it is fair to assume that the M> level of skyglow caused by a satellite or other object is in proportion to M> its brightness. Hence, it seems to be there is unlikely M> to be any significant M> brightening of the sky background unless there are an awful lot of these M> powersats about. M> Martin. G'day Martin, From what I read to produce a reasonable large fraction of US electricial needs we are dealing with about 50 powersats. Multiply that by at least 3 for Europe and Asia. Now according to your numbers, 100 will produce the same light pollution as 1/2 a full moon. So if there were 50 powersats up in the sky, there would be the same skyglow as a full moon when Luna is in half phase, and worse after that. ta Ralph --- Maximus 2.01wb * Origin: Vulcan's World-Sydney Australia 02 635-1204 (3:713/635) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 20:23:19 GMT From: Jeffrey Alan Foust Subject: SEDS International Conference Information Newsgroups: sci.space In article <1992Jul31.162417.17624@news.eng.convex.com> matulka@convex.com (Jerry Matulka) writes: >I am looking for information on the SEDS International Conference that is >supposed to happen in Washington, D.C. at the end of August. If you have >information on this conference or know who I might contact to find out more >information I would appreciate hearing from you. Thanks! > The 1992 SEDS International Conference will take place on 27-31 August at the Quality Inn - Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. There is a complete file of information about the conference, compiled by Lisa Weigel (alweigel@athena.mit.edu) available via anonymous FTP at hoshi.colorado.edu. Look for the file seds92-info.Z in the directory /pub/SEDS. (the file is Unix compressed, as you might guess by the .Z suffix). If you'd like the info but don't have anon FTP access or Unix uncompress capabilities, e-mail me and I'll mail you the text file. BTW: for those who don't know, SEDS = Students for the Exploration and Development of Space - Jeff Foust SEDS-USA National Executive Board Member -- Jeff Foust Senior, Geophysics/Planetary Science, Caltech jafoust@cco.caltech.edu jeff@scn1.jpl.nasa.gov "...astronauts trained there [Mauna Loa] before their historic Apollo 2 mission to the Moon." - flight attendant on flight from Honolulu to Hilo, 7 July 1992 ------------------------------ Date: 26 Jul 92 09:57:14 GMT From: Ralph Buttigieg Subject: Solar Power Satellites Newsgroups: sci.space Original to: Gwh@Soda.Berkeley.Edu to gwh@soda.berkeley.edu (George William Herbert), via *IXgate 3:713/602 g> You're right, and most professional astronomers figure (rightly) g> that given a miniscule percentage of the launch mass required for even a g> lunar-materials using SPS, they can do better science from orbit g> than they'll lose due to light pollution on the ground. They just ask the This is all very well for the pros but no great help for the rest of humanity. No matter how fast Space is developed, the vast majority of people will be living on Earth for centuaries. They will be the ones who lose out. ta Ralph --- Maximus 2.01wb * Origin: Vulcan's World-Sydney Australia 02 635-1204 (3:713/635) ------------------------------ Date: 1 Aug 92 08:29:24 GMT From: "James T. Green" Subject: Space Station Freedom assembly questions Newsgroups: sci.space The issue of the orbit plane change w/Energia is only an excuse. The CIS can launch out of Australia, Hawaii, or even Florida once appropriate launch pads are built. They can build the stuff in the CIS and transport it here via the AN224 (I think). /~~~(-: James T. Green :-)~~~~(-: jgreen@eros.calpoly.edu :-)~~~\ | | | M y K a r m a r a n o v e r m y D o g m a ! | ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1992 04:12:15 GMT From: TS Kelso Subject: Two-Line Orbital Element Set Format Newsgroups: sci.space As a service to the satellite user community, the following description of the NORAD two-line orbital element set format is uploaded to sci.space and rec.radio.amateur.misc on a monthly basis. 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. In addition, element sets (also updated daily) and some documentation and software are also available via anonymous ftp from archive.afit.af.mil (129.92.1.66) in the directory pub/space. ============================================================================== Data for each satellite consists of three lines in the following format: AAAAAAAAAAA 1 NNNNNU NNNNNAAA NNNNN.NNNNNNNN +.NNNNNNNN +NNNNN-N +NNNNN-N N NNNNN 2 NNNNN NNN.NNNN NNN.NNNN NNNNNNN NNN.NNNN NNN.NNNN NN.NNNNNNNNNNNNNN Line 0 is a eleven-character name. Lines 1 and 2 are the standard Two-Line Orbital Element Set Format identical to that used by NORAD and NASA. The format description is: Line 1 Column Description 01-01 Line Number of Element Data 03-07 Satellite Number 10-11 International Designator (Last two digits of launch year) 12-14 International Designator (Launch number of the year) 15-17 International Designator (Piece of launch) 19-20 Epoch Year (Last two digits of year) 21-32 Epoch (Julian Day and fractional portion of the day) 34-43 First Time Derivative of the Mean Motion or Ballistic Coefficient (Depending on ephemeris type) 45-52 Second Time Derivative of Mean Motion (decimal point assumed; blank if N/A) 54-61 BSTAR drag term if GP4 general perturbation theory was used. Otherwise, radiation pressure coefficient. (Decimal point assumed) 63-63 Ephemeris type 65-68 Element number 69-69 Check Sum (Modulo 10) (Letters, blanks, periods, plus signs = 0; minus signs = 1) Line 2 Column Description 01-01 Line Number of Element Data 03-07 Satellite Number 09-16 Inclination [Degrees] 18-25 Right Ascension of the Ascending Node [Degrees] 27-33 Eccentricity (decimal point assumed) 35-42 Argument of Perigee [Degrees] 44-51 Mean Anomaly [Degrees] 53-63 Mean Motion [Revs per day] 64-68 Revolution number at epoch [Revs] 69-69 Check Sum (Modulo 10) All other columns are blank or fixed. Example: NOAA 6 1 11416U 86 50.28438588 0.00000140 67960-4 0 5293 2 11416 98.5105 69.3305 0012788 63.2828 296.9658 14.24899292346978 -- Dr TS Kelso Assistant Professor of Space Operations tkelso@afit.af.mil Air Force Institute of Technology ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1992 04:15:53 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 #033a - Alouette 1 1 00424U 62B-A 1 92201.56922435 .00000076 00000-0 85852-4 0 5845 2 00424 80.4637 253.2400 0024164 108.4351 251.9424 13.67715658487033 ATS 3 1 03029U 67111 A 92209.48359745 -.00000079 00000-0 99999-4 0 7968 2 03029 14.0858 14.2772 0012874 238.6940 121.2379 1.00272620 90520 Cosmos 398 1 04966U 71 16 A 92213.18008388 .00067231 24245-4 24552-3 0 5811 2 04966 51.4861 224.5901 1640539 342.8667 12.2544 12.45902084682480 Starlette 1 07646U 75010 A 92199.92466238 -.00000195 00000-0 -10515-3 0 4320 2 07646 49.8250 32.7206 0206725 186.7341 173.0762 13.82176587881130 LAGEOS 1 08820U 76039 A 92211.51363213 .00000006 00000-0 99999-4 0 4442 2 08820 109.8458 260.0118 0043452 72.3434 288.2167 6.38664446123236 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 92208.51880720 -.00000176 00000-0 99999-4 0 8045 2 10061 9.8227 54.1899 0004481 172.4473 187.4826 0.99998167 193 IUE 1 10637U 78012 A 92208.63343735 -.00000186 00000-0 99999-4 0 5687 2 10637 33.5129 106.1861 1340160 15.2052 348.4855 1.00225195 5956 GPS-0001 1 10684U 78020 A 92200.99545436 -.00000002 00000-0 99999-4 0 8872 2 10684 64.2114 66.3188 0066826 158.6006 201.7522 1.98070028 91100 GPS-0002 1 10893U 78 47 A 92212.34277140 -.00000016 00000-0 99999-4 0 6478 2 10893 63.9279 306.3127 0202085 13.3813 347.1757 2.01627736104224 GOES 3 1 10953U 78062 A 92209.79624607 .00000100 00000-0 99999-4 0 4641 2 10953 8.7438 56.9139 0004553 77.8245 282.3095 1.00271212 4811 SeaSat 1 1 10967U 78064 A 92203.25128867 .00000187 00000-0 10433-3 0 8475 2 10967 108.0167 101.7301 0001660 269.1291 90.9664 14.37650795736337 GPS-0003 1 11054U 78093 A 92211.48689200 -.00000015 00000-0 99999-4 0 7354 2 11054 63.4796 302.2852 0069147 122.7432 237.9782 2.00575412101194 Nimbus 7 1 11080U 78098 A 92204.21196277 .00000007 00000-0 22066-4 0 9834 2 11080 99.1404 99.6321 0008999 188.9045 171.1950 13.83678903693964 GPS-0004 1 11141U 78112 A 92196.90478285 -.00000002 00000-0 99999-4 0 4466 2 11141 64.2118 66.5057 0049605 23.7546 336.5477 1.92895017 99456 GPS-0005 1 11690U 80 11 A 92208.81497312 -.00000001 00000-0 99999-4 0 3909 2 11690 64.5778 68.1414 0134492 200.9547 158.5734 2.00550088105692 GPS-0006 1 11783U 80 32 A 92113.08123957 -.00000016 00000-0 99999-4 0 6729 2 11783 63.1246 304.4863 0196643 28.9912 332.0945 2.03456675 87966 GOES 5 1 12472U 81049 A 92211.52317515 -.00000245 00000-0 99999-4 0 3526 2 12472 5.3373 66.1668 0003961 350.8159 9.2928 1.00296763 39985 Cosmos 1383 1 13301U 82 66 A 92205.16799452 .00000029 00000-0 26385-4 0 9350 2 13301 82.9320 98.5971 0026185 206.5454 153.4364 13.68014433502535 LandSat 4 1 13367U 82 72 A 92211.67612177 .00000427 00000-0 99999-4 0 3964 2 13367 98.2804 267.6922 0006438 234.4363 125.6235 14.57086419533946 IRAS 1 13777U 83 4 A 92205.55300105 .00000260 00000-0 20278-3 0 1988 2 13777 98.9934 39.2403 0013376 69.4815 290.7783 13.99131465154236 Cosmos 1447 1 13916U 83 21 A 92202.00497842 .00000026 00000-0 21183-4 0 126 2 13916 82.9458 167.3012 0037145 169.3829 190.8115 13.74256832467571 TDRS 1 1 13969U 83 26 B 92209.78775725 .00000122 00000-0 99999-4 0 7225 2 13969 6.2693 58.3387 0002579 68.7101 291.4071 1.00266514 7147 GOES 6 1 14050U 83 41 A 92208.70694561 .00000083 00000-0 99999-4 0 7195 2 14050 4.0947 68.8484 0001276 302.7557 57.2161 1.00300295 5860 OSCAR 10 1 14129U 83 58 B 92209.70606027 -.00000035 00000-0 99998-4 0 8841 2 14129 26.7356 71.8781 6035670 3.6886 359.3037 2.05879899 40616 GPS-0008 1 14189U 83 72 A 92211.49537870 -.00000003 00000-0 99999-4 0 2537 2 14189 63.7974 63.6312 0136584 231.4090 127.4434 2.00563324 66279 LandSat 5 1 14780U 84 21 A 92211.65182663 -.00000099 00000-0 -17058-4 0 1983 2 14780 98.1859 271.2634 0001962 202.8332 157.2775 14.57123820447355 UoSat 2 1 14781U 84 21 B 92212.07475034 .00000382 00000-0 69788-4 0 2923 2 14781 97.8470 246.1698 0011285 312.2893 47.7354 14.68622276449437 GPS-0009 1 15039U 84 59 A 92211.67241540 -.00000004 00000-0 99999-4 0 6236 2 15039 63.5508 62.6281 0038875 219.3317 140.4636 2.00569390 59551 Cosmos 1574 1 15055U 84 62 A 92204.51195297 .00000030 00000-0 26310-4 0 2343 2 15055 82.9567 217.3088 0028193 353.5199 6.5588 13.73557114405268 GPS-0010 1 15271U 84 97 A 92211.61270439 -.00000015 00000-0 99999-4 0 3148 2 15271 62.7778 300.7867 0123485 339.3326 20.2299 2.00562079 56666 Cosmos 1602 1 15331U 84105 A 92210.93054136 .00000825 00000-0 99144-4 0 9015 2 15331 82.5342 1.6918 0020204 320.3425 39.6310 14.83290836422443 NOAA 9 1 15427U 84123 A 92211.28931729 .00000049 00000-0 36535-4 0 1400 2 15427 99.1415 239.2013 0015045 1.3623 358.7605 14.13417821393168 GPS-0011 1 16129U 85 93 A 92211.33760681 -.00000003 00000-0 99999-4 0 133 2 16129 64.3231 64.2766 0127436 143.7234 217.2348 2.00565379 49869 Mir 1 16609U 86 17 A 92212.72660338 -.00002083 00000-0 -28957-4 0 4664 2 16609 51.6258 29.1818 0003194 357.3977 2.6944 15.53095918369052 SPOT 1 1 16613U 86 19 A 92209.97651982 .00000052 00000-0 33335-4 0 7592 2 16613 98.7160 282.7817 0001948 87.9593 272.1811 14.20034306 18743 Cosmos 1766 1 16881U 86 55 A 92212.64018350 .00000504 00000-0 61205-4 0 7525 2 16881 82.5183 58.4609 0019455 335.0018 25.0252 14.82420065323702 EGP 1 16908U 86 61 A 92193.43954910 -.00000025 00000-0 99999-4 0 5795 2 16908 50.0139 94.1317 0011113 322.4175 37.5847 12.44404413268894 NOAA 10 1 16969U 86 73 A 92211.30279722 .00000126 00000-0 62488-4 0 9836 2 16969 98.5351 229.6311 0013336 173.3525 186.7868 14.24688868304657 MOS-1 1 17527U 87 18 A 92210.30943081 .00000021 00000-0 28644-4 0 2352 2 17527 99.0293 279.5047 0000856 93.0083 267.2503 13.94908531276904 GOES 7 1 17561U 87 22 A 92210.45767264 -.00000025 00000-0 99999-4 0 1173 2 17561 0.0121 356.6684 0002220 138.3514 224.9818 1.00272135 3092 Kvant-1 1 17845U 87 30 A 92211.82576174 .00092181 00000-0 14345-2 0 573 2 17845 51.6258 33.6662 0003926 355.4590 4.5389 15.53125287368916 DMSP B5D2-3 1 18123U 87 53 A 92212.75546749 .00000076 00000-0 48948-4 0 5335 2 18123 98.8009 43.0737 0013958 342.0001 18.0646 14.15164030263912 RS-10/11 1 18129U 87 54 A 92211.15996207 .00000176 00000-0 18085-3 0 2913 2 18129 82.9288 117.3765 0012561 128.5698 231.6550 13.72291131255547 Meteor 2-16 1 18312U 87 68 A 92211.05269113 .00000053 00000-0 42001-4 0 8916 2 18312 82.5516 37.5874 0010940 244.7007 115.3021 13.83955257249877 Meteor 2-17 1 18820U 88 5 A 92203.16466735 .00000107 00000-0 89894-4 0 7374 2 18820 82.5443 102.2180 0017122 341.6508 18.4043 13.84644052226031 DMSP B5D2-4 1 18822U 88 6 A 92212.72257096 .00001195 00000-0 55038-3 0 4295 2 18822 98.5352 81.6946 0006370 175.2078 184.9096 14.22687332232906 Glonass 34 1 19163U 88 43 A 92207.73134535 .00000018 00000-0 99999-4 0 5325 2 19163 64.9095 133.5660 0007123 198.9161 161.0525 2.13102814 31924 Glonass 36 1 19165U 88 43 C 92209.19529857 .00000018 00000-0 99999-4 0 7809 2 19165 64.9065 133.4997 0004422 326.6940 33.2897 2.13102619 32576 METEOSAT 3 1 19215U 88 51 A 92209.00000000 -.00000259 00000-0 00000+0 0 4465 2 19215 0.1713 65.6417 0002285 143.3366 46.0393 1.00253296 3066 AO-13 1 19216U 88 51 B 92210.72247137 .00000194 00000-0 28723-3 0 4352 2 19216 57.1579 10.8445 7296206 292.1742 8.9719 2.09712527 72 OKEAN 1 1 19274U 88 56 A 92212.88102121 .00000553 00000-0 69164-4 0 4559 2 19274 82.5158 157.3781 0021916 103.3003 257.0654 14.81332654219441 Meteor 3-2 1 19336U 88 64 A 92191.85818953 .00000031 00000-0 67108-4 0 9414 2 19336 82.5429 104.1988 0015865 232.6700 127.2976 13.16949449190150 Glonass 39 1 19503U 88 85 C 92208.74758162 -.00000021 00000-0 99999-4 0 7821 2 19503 65.6623 12.6536 0008253 181.3374 178.6979 2.13104036 30051 NOAA 11 1 19531U 88 89 A 92211.29898635 .00000418 00000-0 24625-3 0 8799 2 19531 99.0837 175.5383 0010969 268.0363 91.9550 14.12721294198080 TDRS 2 1 19548U 88 91 B 92209.32431420 -.00000258 00000-0 99999-4 0 4477 2 19548 0.0271 256.7893 0002452 131.7851 331.3931 1.00278919 1447 Glonass 40 1 19749U 89 1 A 92212.07396850 .00000018 00000-0 00000+0 0 6997 2 19749 64.8657 133.0594 0005667 281.5184 78.4322 2.13101843 27655 Glonass 41 1 19750U 89 1 B 92211.66207638 .00000018 00000-0 00000+0 0 7528 2 19750 64.8964 133.0917 0007114 255.0641 104.8672 2.13101985 27648 GPS BII-01 1 19802U 89 13 A 92211.18995287 .00000016 00000-0 99999-4 0 4468 2 19802 55.0527 166.9311 0041578 172.5913 187.4350 2.00559913 25252 Akebono 1 19822U 89 16 A 92210.49281744 .00008020 00000-0 52945-3 0 5667 2 19822 75.0747 203.0764 3932103 66.1391 329.8657 7.55594456 56408 Meteor 2-18 1 19851U 89 18 A 92210.85063703 .00000046 00000-0 35743-4 0 6911 2 19851 82.5194 332.6751 0015242 2.7756 357.3486 13.84292729172455 MOP-1 1 19876U 89 20 B 92209.15526073 .00000014 00000-0 00000+0 0 3966 2 19876 0.2509 357.5982 0001500 54.5137 307.9037 1.00275429 110 TDRS 3 1 19883U 89 21 B 92211.26106465 -.00000240 00000-0 99999-4 0 4614 2 19883 0.0242 227.4518 0000982 166.5462 326.0431 1.00266935 82604 GPS BII-02 1 20061U 89 44 A 92211.02782867 -.00000033 00000-0 99999-4 0 4495 2 20061 54.9094 344.4631 0108907 194.4522 165.2396 2.00562009 22997 Nadezhda 1 1 20103U 89 50 A 92203.18305642 .00000038 00000-0 33823-4 0 5881 2 20103 82.9600 81.0235 0039080 67.8231 292.7064 13.73791405152748 GPS BII-03 1 20185U 89 64 A 92209.36976872 .00000016 00000-0 99999-4 0 3960 2 20185 54.8819 167.7433 0012308 197.7124 162.2132 2.00558378 21535 -- Dr TS Kelso Assistant Professor of Space Operations tkelso@afit.af.mil Air Force Institute of Technology ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1992 04:16:09 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 #033b - GMS 4 1 20217U 89 70 A 92210.75833315 -.00000254 00000-0 99999-4 0 4373 2 20217 0.2623 311.9423 0001585 207.6193 200.4330 1.00271494 11234 GPS BII-04 1 20302U 89 85 A 92211.39875984 -.00000015 00000-0 99999-4 0 3940 2 20302 54.0494 285.3239 0016072 329.6676 30.3172 2.00566264 20371 Meteor 3-3 1 20305U 89 86 A 92210.99944742 .00000043 00000-0 99999-4 0 5940 2 20305 82.5522 32.8729 0015375 199.9899 160.0623 13.16002671132597 COBE 1 20322U 89 89 A 92213.06537361 -.00000121 00000-0 -66246-4 0 5463 2 20322 99.0073 226.0852 0009739 23.7094 336.4519 14.03347002138150 Kvant-2 1 20335U 89 93 A 92211.82577391 .00099625 00000-0 15482-2 0 1567 2 20335 51.6257 33.6661 0003726 355.2102 4.8587 15.53127952368911 GPS BII-05 1 20361U 89 97 A 92210.91312238 .00000008 00000-0 99999-4 0 3472 2 20361 55.1785 109.6764 0065613 81.9125 278.8736 2.00563257 9847 SPOT 2 1 20436U 90 5 A 92209.72455526 .00000084 00000-0 48234-4 0 9040 2 20436 98.7403 283.5171 0001451 63.1439 296.9867 14.20022730130240 UO-14 1 20437U 90 5 B 92205.21990496 .00000148 00000-0 65939-4 0 6028 2 20437 98.6384 286.7518 0011979 67.7412 292.5038 14.29658058130424 UO-15 1 20438U 90 5 C 92204.77520842 .00000078 00000-0 38419-4 0 4835 2 20438 98.6408 285.9387 0010981 70.6748 289.5620 14.29054295130329 PACSAT 1 20439U 90 5 D 92209.22322692 .00000111 00000-0 51131-4 0 4850 2 20439 98.6434 291.3415 0012668 58.5081 301.7337 14.29723624131008 DO-17 1 20440U 90 5 E 92197.06646905 .00000108 00000-0 49563-4 0 4847 2 20440 98.6438 279.4014 0012764 90.6896 269.5750 14.29846360129273 WO-18 1 20441U 90 5 F 92196.75265515 .00000098 00000-0 46153-4 0 4847 2 20441 98.6439 279.1348 0013216 91.3505 268.9191 14.29837764129236 LO-19 1 20442U 90 5 G 92210.13994857 .00000112 00000-0 51340-4 0 4857 2 20442 98.6434 292.5398 0013691 55.7901 304.4579 14.29925524131159 GPS BII-06 1 20452U 90 8 A 92211.31773061 .00000009 00000-0 99999-4 0 3951 2 20452 54.2204 224.5525 0045837 57.5428 302.9277 2.00561910 18356 MOS-1B 1 20478U 90 13 A 92211.71796066 .00000067 00000-0 63390-4 0 9359 2 20478 99.1131 285.1705 0001061 97.7321 262.3960 13.94877146 46808 DEBUT 1 20479U 90 13 B 92204.20423781 .00000030 00000-0 96067-4 0 4304 2 20479 99.0728 116.2637 0541252 113.6376 252.2492 12.83282457114993 FO-20 1 20480U 90 13 C 92195.24899550 -.00000003 00000-0 22873-4 0 3786 2 20480 99.0750 108.9495 0541281 133.9087 230.8038 12.83211725113847 MOS-1B R/B 1 20491U 90 13 D 92210.36985725 .00000060 00000-0 15814-3 0 5543 2 20491 99.0652 145.9656 0470757 21.3766 340.6312 13.02926947116954 LACE 1 20496U 90 15 A 92210.80265789 .00016761 00000-0 62376-3 0 9791 2 20496 43.1044 347.4076 0018312 245.0011 114.8610 15.27090703136047 Nadezhda 2 1 20508U 90 17 A 92210.44241408 .00000054 00000-0 51856-4 0 5469 2 20508 82.9502 210.4067 0045012 359.5849 0.5310 13.73423570121006 OKEAN 2 1 20510U 90 18 A 92210.74274625 .00000437 00000-0 59699-4 0 9049 2 20510 82.5264 103.8844 0017655 283.5376 76.3868 14.77495309129978 INTELSAT-6 1 20523U 90 21 A 92211.24009591 -.00000210 00000-0 99999-4 0 9543 2 20523 0.4609 264.2236 0002591 219.3159 236.4726 1.00268961 1740 GPS BII-07 1 20533U 90 25 A 92210.72504562 -.00000033 00000-0 99999-4 0 3949 2 20533 55.2274 344.7946 0039604 91.8220 268.6307 2.00563484 17115 PegSat 1 20546U 90 28 A 92212.15664700 .00006383 00000-0 21639-3 0 794 2 20546 94.1365 274.4389 0099839 18.7434 341.7432 15.25883236127028 HST 1 20580U 90 37 B 92211.63598389 .00000827 00000-0 72984-4 0 8158 2 20580 28.4730 341.2913 0004771 264.7744 95.2297 14.91650270123293 MACSAT 2 1 20608U 90 43 B 92211.94544407 .00000629 00000-0 10723-3 0 5959 2 20608 89.9124 185.9684 0107521 333.9893 25.5938 14.64101455118706 Glonass 44 1 20619U 90 45 A 92212.44369813 -.00000021 00000-0 00000+0 0 2097 2 20619 65.2517 12.3941 0023351 210.2776 149.5969 2.13103003 17122 Glonass 45 1 20620U 90 45 B 92212.56175857 -.00000021 00000-0 00000+0 0 2501 2 20620 65.2428 12.3902 0007698 47.0759 312.9980 2.13103063 17131 Glonass 46 1 20621U 90 45 C 92212.62260616 -.00000021 00000-0 00000+0 0 1360 2 20621 65.2672 12.4032 0013737 197.9450 162.0066 2.13101299 17130 Kristall 1 20635U 90 48 A 92211.82577425 .00035968 00000-0 56861-3 0 9565 2 20635 51.6253 33.6655 0003326 354.0106 6.0626 15.53110228368916 ROSAT 1 20638U 90 49 A 92211.39849146 .00000596 00000-0 51214-4 0 6613 2 20638 52.9862 200.9166 0014706 141.2427 218.9619 15.05029642118433 Meteor 2-19 1 20670U 90 57 A 92211.06759778 .00000062 00000-0 50398-4 0 4408 2 20670 82.5447 35.0184 0015086 283.2999 76.6479 13.84132891105421 CRRES 1 20712U 90 65 A 92211.83255419 .00001857 00000-0 23383-2 0 9569 2 20712 17.7729 105.7825 7194398 36.4537 355.0923 2.34143249 9743 GPS BII-08 1 20724U 90 68 A 92211.04145073 .00000016 00000-0 99999-4 0 2996 2 20724 54.6792 165.4767 0099310 140.1164 220.5750 2.00564503 14545 Feng Yun1-2 1 20788U 90 81 A 92202.45361254 .00000119 00000-0 90168-4 0 4004 2 20788 98.8940 231.7904 0016375 142.8864 217.3444 14.01249817 96126 Meteor 2-20 1 20826U 90 86 A 92210.83663388 .00000050 00000-0 40536-4 0 4420 2 20826 82.5246 333.6240 0012532 172.3792 187.7562 13.83504873 92573 GPS BII-09 1 20830U 90 88 A 92211.59186842 .00000007 00000-0 99999-4 0 3457 2 20830 55.0954 107.7968 0062922 111.4491 249.2620 2.00562474 13631 GPS BII-10 1 20959U 90103 A 92210.49699331 .00000016 00000-0 99999-4 0 2489 2 20959 54.8972 167.2101 0061546 218.0548 141.4584 2.00566131 12206 DMSP B5D2-5 1 20978U 90105 A 92212.78335688 -.00000751 00000-0 -26239-3 0 7353 2 20978 98.7844 260.6031 0079999 21.6509 338.7967 14.31981139 86852 Glonass 47 1 21006U 90110 A 92212.18948190 .00000018 00000-0 00000+0 0 8498 2 21006 64.8536 132.4337 0061309 187.4176 172.5023 2.13102074 12800 Glonass 48 1 21007U 90110 B 92212.37025281 .00000018 00000-0 00000+0 0 8969 2 21007 64.9024 132.4465 0037091 180.1116 179.8946 2.13100547 12808 Glonass 49 1 21008U 90110 C 92212.25391508 .00000018 00000-0 00000+0 0 8505 2 21008 64.8496 132.4457 0010324 288.1887 71.7117 2.13099866 12807 INFORMTR-1 1 21087U 91 6 A 92211.27771557 .00000019 00000-0 13769-4 0 4681 2 21087 82.9466 291.7784 0034681 199.4884 160.4874 13.74489576 75082 Cosmos 2123 1 21089U 91 7 A 92210.87009764 .00000017 00000-0 11405-4 0 2921 2 21089 82.9243 161.8589 0027803 223.1937 136.7039 13.73996793 74125 MOP-2 1 21140U 91 15 B 92204.17592133 .00000001 00000-0 00000+0 0 2401 2 21140 1.0405 83.7679 0022168 304.8650 331.4979 1.00293441 38 Nadezhda 3 1 21152U 91 19 A 92210.79763251 .00000055 00000-0 52125-4 0 3460 2 21152 82.9266 117.0615 0042149 332.4652 27.4269 13.73451506 69181 Almaz-1 1 21213U 91 24 A 92212.72245345 .00018603 00000-0 10721-3 0 985 2 21213 72.6538 315.7743 0004751 72.1394 288.0283 15.78629462 77369 Glonass 50 1 21216U 91 25 A 92211.73894851 -.00000021 00000-0 00000+0 0 8058 2 21216 65.0019 12.4061 0008142 210.8256 149.1385 2.13103803 10292 Glonass 51 1 21217U 91 25 B 92211.79941700 -.00000021 00000-0 00000+0 0 8006 2 21217 64.9812 12.4073 0009826 230.1733 129.7522 2.13102572 10299 Glonass 52 1 21218U 91 25 C 92212.38562888 -.00000021 00000-0 00000+0 0 7952 2 21218 64.9965 12.3677 0007435 304.9240 55.0134 2.13103046 10304 GRO 1 21225U 91 27 B 92212.04400740 .00012054 00000-0 14440-3 0 6519 2 21225 28.4633 100.9041 0005939 6.2243 353.8376 15.59085908 74688 Meteor 3-4 1 21232U 91 30 A 92210.67026359 .00000043 00000-0 99999-4 0 2400 2 21232 82.5420 296.4912 0018893 115.1821 245.1263 13.16809629 60749 NOAA 12 1 21263U 91 32 A 92211.24028368 .00000185 00000-0 10125-3 0 3414 2 21263 98.6940 240.5482 0014109 70.8095 289.4617 14.22079758 62742 OKEAN 3 1 21397U 91 39 A 92211.90957319 .00000300 00000-0 42395-4 0 5819 2 21397 82.5248 12.5252 0022781 343.0636 16.9851 14.75498995 62138 GPS BII-11 1 21552U 91 47 A 92211.26635505 .00000006 00000-0 99999-4 0 2047 2 21552 55.3956 105.1490 0042792 224.8022 134.9078 2.00573986 7812 ERS-1 1 21574U 91 50 A 92212.28855723 .00000294 00000-0 12371-3 0 4560 2 21574 98.5523 285.7030 0001267 84.3389 275.7813 14.32248553 54334 UO-22 1 21575U 91 50 B 92205.74678297 .00000176 00000-0 66687-4 0 1851 2 21575 98.5074 280.5621 0007092 194.5769 165.5213 14.36678584 53506 ORBCOMM-X 1 21576U 91 50 C 92209.70105096 .00000209 00000-0 78959-4 0 2420 2 21576 98.5072 284.0273 0003309 185.6077 174.5073 14.36019376 54049 TUBSAT 1 21577U 91 50 D 92209.18297920 .00000061 00000-0 27823-4 0 1835 2 21577 98.5049 283.7508 0006164 180.7613 179.3565 14.36264272 53983 SARA 1 21578U 91 50 E 92210.16252477 .00000671 00000-0 23609-3 0 3065 2 21578 98.5094 285.2482 0004673 182.8927 177.2217 14.37848175 54158 TDRS 4 1 21639U 91 54 B 92209.63484185 .00000111 00000-0 99999-4 0 1995 2 21639 0.1044 173.5321 0003417 320.5127 225.8136 1.00273698 1744 Meteor 3-5 1 21655U 91 56 A 92211.05318664 .00000043 00000-0 99999-4 0 3077 2 21655 82.5544 242.7107 0014800 114.5313 245.7368 13.16807049 45893 UARS 1 21701U 91 63 B 92210.04634524 .00001918 00000-0 18929-3 0 1782 2 21701 56.9855 40.5524 0004440 75.5995 284.5417 14.96298969 47772 DMSP B5D2-6 1 21798U 91 82 A 92212.76249564 .00000049 00000-0 35808-4 0 2068 2 21798 98.9363 206.7599 0011816 283.2646 76.7326 14.13488866 34639 Glonass 53 1 21853U 92 5 A 92211.66142195 .00000018 00000-0 99999-4 0 2300 2 21853 64.7939 132.2141 0006061 195.9286 164.0508 2.13105329 3896 Glonass 54 1 21854U 92 5 B 92209.13918778 .00000018 00000-0 99999-4 0 2218 2 21854 64.7967 132.2814 0016716 10.3953 349.6453 2.13102416 3832 Glonass 55 1 21855U 92 5 C 92212.01353469 .00000018 00000-0 99999-4 0 2298 2 21855 64.7972 132.1853 0007245 211.9507 148.0188 2.13102066 3884 JERS-1 1 21867U 92 7 A 92212.78074861 .00001117 00000-0 95670-4 0 3141 2 21867 97.7090 287.5194 0001977 94.1806 265.9713 14.98586460 25579 GPS BII-12 1 21890U 92 9 A 92209.23164875 -.00000014 00000-0 99999-4 0 994 2 21890 54.5548 285.0868 0060523 143.2068 217.2814 2.00566392 3146 Soyuz TM-14 1 21908U 92 14 A 92211.82577511 .00099763 00000-0 15503-2 0 1719 2 21908 51.6257 33.6661 0003724 355.2025 4.8731 15.53127990 20985 GPS BII-13 1 21930U 92 19 A 92207.94774876 -.00000019 00000-0 99999-4 0 1002 2 21930 55.1960 45.5821 0075597 157.6518 202.7418 2.00567895 2046 EUVE 1 21987U 92 31 A 92193.73692899 .00002128 00000-0 10072-3 0 53 2 21987 28.4329 97.0694 0010081 203.2055 156.8176 15.14979376 5167 Cosmos 2195 1 22006U 92 36 A 92211.06159622 .00000037 00000-0 32634-4 0 214 2 22006 82.9335 232.1250 0035892 214.0999 145.7850 13.74224191 3746 1992 036B 1 22007U 92 36 B 92212.47041862 .00000604 00000-0 60377-3 0 200 2 22007 82.9289 230.9870 0032215 192.5563 167.4719 13.76472400 3938 SAMPEX 1 22012U 92 38 A 92212.86584334 .00002323 00000-0 21311-3 0 167 2 22012 81.6742 173.9864 0126489 116.1954 245.2331 14.88513158 4066 1992 038B 1 22013U 92 38 B 92210.70806355 -.00000193 00000-0 -18928-4 0 109 2 22013 81.6723 176.2338 0124612 123.7019 237.6149 14.88832674 3743 GPS BII-14 1 22014U 92 39 A 92208.48155287 .00000009 00000-0 99999-4 0 149 2 22014 55.0424 225.2670 0083347 274.0616 85.0331 2.00569363 381 1992 039B 1 22015U 92 39 B 92208.78382631 .00001530 00000-0 14956-3 0 80 2 22015 20.7218 88.5339 0117078 51.7279 309.3602 14.74722051 30619 1992 039C 1 22016U 92 39 C 92212.19260961 .00066553 -37963-6 12880-2 0 413 2 22016 34.7561 203.4680 6044771 216.1896 81.5468 4.06354936 882 Cosmos 2196 1 22017U 92 40 A 92212.36412401 -.00001276 00000-0 00000+0 0 272 2 22017 63.0555 21.2578 7370671 318.5507 4.4106 2.00482538 459 1992 040B 1 22018U 92 40 B 92213.03496268 .00641034 13067-4 75872-3 0 524 2 22018 62.7728 299.5154 0163497 121.5222 240.3881 15.87038741 3550 INSAT-2A 1 22027U 92 41 A 92210.94295561 .00000018 00000-0 99999-4 0 128 2 22027 0.1866 214.4844 0070386 56.3029 87.4774 1.00101607 106 EUTELSAT2F4 1 22028U 92 41 B 92211.12497710 .00000078 00000-0 99999-4 0 70 2 22028 0.0652 258.8301 0000789 259.7955 201.3458 1.00268890 100 Cosmos 2197 1 22034U 92 42 A 92211.07875712 .00000023 00000-0 99999-4 0 85 2 22034 82.5913 214.3943 0011940 351.4133 8.6761 12.63897116 1948 Cosmos 2198 1 22035U 92 42 B 92211.09722543 .00000022 00000-0 99999-4 0 136 2 22035 82.5926 214.4129 0004202 330.8437 29.2415 12.62373182 1947 Cosmos 2199 1 22036U 92 42 C 92211.03771104 .00000022 00000-0 99999-4 0 59 2 22036 82.5967 214.4856 0007956 226.2700 133.7731 12.60738377 1930 Cosmos 2200 1 22037U 92 42 D 92211.08976445 .00000022 00000-0 99999-4 0 50 2 22037 82.5841 214.3893 0007055 346.3435 13.7461 12.62988366 1946 Cosmos 2201 1 22038U 92 42 E 92211.10817659 .00000022 00000-0 99999-4 0 44 2 22038 82.5873 214.4115 0004949 253.6125 106.4422 12.61469955 1949 Cosmos 2202 1 22039U 92 42 F 92211.09733626 .00000022 00000-0 99999-4 0 167 2 22039 82.5885 214.4145 0006813 313.3784 46.6740 12.62362925 1941 Gorizont 26 1 22041U 92 43 A 92211.94211232 -.00000067 00000-0 00000+0 0 226 2 22041 1.4376 274.8025 0004274 89.7826 270.7265 1.00285889 153 1992 044A 1 22049U 92 44 A 92206.64237056 -.00131104 90558-3 00000+0 0 23 2 22049 28.6538 338.8611 9629268 150.8029 1.2170 0.11656475 04 1992 044B 1 22050U 92 44 B 92212.94586893 .00166809 -68568-6 75325-3 0 172 2 22050 27.4586 299.8137 0875288 204.9394 150.6179 14.12675473 910 1992 045A 1 22052U 92 45 A 92212.77784109 .00423152 39753-4 21091-3 0 209 2 22052 62.8055 164.2396 0124597 60.1144 301.1886 16.04896039 951 1992 045B 1 22053U 92 45 B 92212.80541030 .03004445 41690-4 57803-3 0 158 2 22053 62.7988 163.8498 0042508 116.7162 244.1502 16.28451259 962 Soyuz TM-15 1 22054U 92 46 A 92211.82578695 .00091004 00000-0 14164-2 0 105 2 22054 51.6258 33.6660 0003742 354.5725 5.5701 15.53127353 387 1992 046B 1 22055U 92 46 B 92211.26816316 .11749216 60961-4 34540-3 0 114 2 22055 51.6298 36.0128 0001238 228.3750 131.7188 16.45440788 284 1992 047A 1 22056U 92 47 A 92212.50280073 -.00000021 00000-0 99999-4 0 26 2 22056 64.8245 12.6977 0003060 263.2140 96.8453 2.13107738 24 1992 047B 1 22057U 92 47 B 92212.62099999 -.00000021 00000-0 99999-4 0 25 2 22057 64.8430 12.6940 0000610 103.7590 246.9340 2.13069162 27 1992 047C 1 22058U 92 47 C 92212.50277378 -.00000021 00000-0 99999-4 0 22 2 22058 64.9438 12.6174 0005611 324.3000 35.6127 2.13132406 27 1992 048A 1 22062U 92 48 A 92212.88221620 .00121205 -60860-5 37778-4 0 40 2 22062 82.3331 139.2771 0039767 93.1114 267.4535 16.24201374 74 1992 048B 1 22063U 92 48 B 92213.06556653 .02617902 -55651-5 58409-3 0 39 2 22063 82.3399 139.0981 0027181 90.1740 269.0140 16.29142764 105 -- Dr TS Kelso Assistant Professor of Space Operations tkelso@afit.af.mil Air Force Institute of Technology ------------------------------ End of Space Digest Volume 15 : Issue 060 ------------------------------