New Satellite!

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From: Michael Herr (herr@ridgecrest.ca.us)
Date: Tue Mar 04 1997 - 22:25:53 EST


Hey gang, there's a new satellite up, RS-16. Haven't worked through it yet
but if it's like her sister RS satellites it shuld be an excellent QRP
bird.
72
Mike WA6ARA

RS-16 A Uplink 145.915 - 145.948 CW/USB
              Downlink 29.415 - 29.451 CW/USB 435.504 CW 435.548 CW

"Best Guess" Keps are from Ken Ernandes n2wwd

Vector format = 10007
Satellite Name: RS-16
Catalog Number: 99916
Epoch MET: 0.03620370370
                           0/00:52:08.000 MET
ECI X: -2173.11979 km
    Y: 2103.45130 km
    Z: -6166.83100 km
    Xdot: 6.2202143904 km/s
    Ydot: -3.0064813568 km/s
    Zdot: -3.1869048234 km/s
ndot/2 (drag): 0.00000000000 rev/day^2
nddt/6: 0.00000E+00 rev/day^3
Bstar: 0.00000E+00 1/Earth Radii
Elset #: 2
Rev @ Epoch: 1.68120100734

RS-16
1 99916U 97063.11953703 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 23
2 99916 97.1978 330.8663 0037016 337.1931 267.9934 15.27873603 13

Satellite: RS-16
Catalog number: 99916
Epoch time: 97063.11953703
Element set: 2
Inclination: 97.1978 deg
RA of node: 330.8663 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0037016
Arg of perigee: 337.1931 deg
Mean anomaly: 267.9934 deg
Mean motion: 15.27873603 rev/day
Decay rate: 0.00000e+00 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 1
Checksum: 297

These estimates are crude at best due to the lack of information, so don't
expect
too much.


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