[sarex] Re: Shuttle Keps

[Bruce Bostwick <lihan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 07:02 AM 11/9/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi, James:
>
>I believe that:
>
>"If the shuttle elements are more than 12 hours old, they should be updated."
>
> If this is true and if you received keplerian elements now,
>they would be more than 12 hours old on December 6th.
>
>Regards, Chuck

Also, if you notice, the preliminary elements are only approximate -- they
have to be revised after launch once they have real parameters for the SRB,
SSME, and OMS burns.  They usually have to do quite a bit of orbital
maneuvering during the mission -- I typically get 4-5 orbit updates a day,
almost one per rev.


Bruce Bostwick                 KD5BIV                   Austin, TX
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