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Rocketlab "They Go Up So Fast" TLE Estimate
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Based on a 2021-03-22T22:20:00Z launch, into a 45 degree inclination, 550km circular orbit.
Rocketlab press kit: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/assets/Uploads/Flight-19-They-Go-Up-So-Fast-Press-Kit-small.pdf
Note that the press kit has a launch time of 20:21Z, and the website ( https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-mission/ ) has a launch time of 22:20Z. I'm going with the latter.
I'm using this process to generate the TLE: https://gist.github.com/darksidelemm/60dd22c74ebe2e6d89bae9e6a845da5e
22:20Z Launch:
1 99999U 21081.93402778 .00000000 00000-0 50000-4 0 09
2 99999 45.0000 100.0000 0001443 0.0000 243.5000 15.05492052 06
UPDATE: 22:30Z Launch (as per https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1374043938231873539 ):
1 99998U 14900A 21081.94097222 .00000000 00000-0 50000-4 0 07
2 99998 45.0000 102.5068 0001443 0.0000 243.5000 15.05492052 06
UPDATE based on 2021-03-22 01:20Z Pass data:
1 99998U 21081.94097222 .00000000 00000-0 50000-4 0 03
2 99998 45.0000 102.5068 0001443 0.0000 247.0967 15.05492052 07
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