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From: wats@scicom.alphacdc.com (Bruce Watson)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Atlantis elements; How secret?
Summary: correction
Keywords: Goddard Prediction bulletin for object 19670
Message-ID: <1201@scicom.alphacdc.com>
Date: 9 Dec 88 23:26:36 GMT
References: <1196@scicom.alphacdc.com]]
Organization: Alpha Science Computer Networks, Denver, Co.
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In article <1196@scicom.alphacdc.com]], wats@scicom.alphacdc.com (Bruce Watson) writes:
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]] Today I received NASA's prediction bulletin for the Atlantis mission.
]] Here are the elements:
]] 
]] Object # 19670u (the u means unclassified)
]] Int des  1988-106A (B of course is the secret payload)
]] Ele set  1
]] Iss date Dec 5, 1988
]] Epoch    88 337.63665648
]] incl     56.9855
]] RAAN     189.3271
]] ecc      .0005060
]] argper   289.1680
]] mean an  267.5441
]] mean mot 15.39557
]] orb #    33
]] drag     .00009828
]] 
]] Close to the elements that Phil Karn, Rich (snowdog), and I assumed.


Mean motion should read: 15.39557338
Orbit number should read: 0