Following from the RAE table of earth satellites 1957-1980
Sputnik 1: 1957 a2 (a=alpha) launch date Oct 4.81 1957
Orbital determination -
1957 oct 4.8
Inclination - 65.1 (degs) Nodal period 96.2 mins Semimajor axis 6955 km Perigee height 215 Km Apogee height 939 Km Eccentricity 0.052 Arg of Perigee (deg) 58
1957 Oct 25.8:
65.1 95.4 6916 213 863 0.047 49
1957 dec 25.1
65.0 91.0 6702 190 458 0.02 23
descent date: 1958 jan 4 lifetime 92 days
These look to me like Amsat type elements and I'm sure someone can turn them into standard nasa TLE's but i'm 3 mins away from a cubesat rx so
73 de andy G0SFJ
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