Does anyone have a set of Keplerian Data that would produce a reasonably accurate simulation of the initial flight of Sputnik I, launched on 4 October 1957? I would like to be able to use these Keps in any of the popular Satellite Tracking Programs to illustrate the initial orbit of Sputnik I. Of course the launch time for purposes of this set of Keps could be on the 50th Anniversary of Launch, 4 October 2007.
73 - Keith, W5IU
Keith,
There has been a discussion of this on the "seesat" reflector and several people provide suitable keplerian element sets. A google search using Sputnik and seesat turned up a few examples. Take a look here:
http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Aug-2007/0239.html
Or take a look through the recent archives:
Sil ZL2CIA
Pughkeithd@cs.com wrote:
Does anyone have a set of Keplerian Data that would produce a reasonably accurate simulation of the initial flight of Sputnik I, launched on 4 October 1957? I would like to be able to use these Keps in any of the popular Satellite Tracking Programs to illustrate the initial orbit of Sputnik I. Of course the launch time for purposes of this set of Keps could be on the 50th Anniversary of Launch, 4 October 2007.
73 - Keith, W5IU
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