"Pseudo-MPEC" for 1965-058B = NORAD 01459 = Vela 3B
Created 2018 Sep 19 0:21:59 UT using Find_Orb
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Click here for a plot of inclination and perigee distance, from 1965 to 2018.
As determined from the following astrometry (and shown on the above plot), this object had an orbital period, on 1965 July 20, of 6708 minutes, inclination 35.01 degrees, perigee (above ground level) 101559 km. The catalogued initial elements for 1965-058B for that date are P=6712.7 minutes, i=34.94, perigee=101714 km.
Space-Track stopped tracking this object in late 2017/early 2018. I didn't notice this change; when the object was found as ZGBD4BF in April 2018, and again as ZJ15031 in May 2018, I thought it must be a new object. I finally noticed that it was actually 1965-058B in September 2018.
Since Space-Track no longer provides TLEs for this object, I do; you can click here for TLEs for this object, and for some of of the other artsats on this site.
Astrometry:
1965-058B tC2017 02 20.03500 08 19 58.64 +10 31 21.0 16.3 RqD0555Y00
1965-058B tC2017 02 20.03619 08 20 12.44 +10 31 38.7 16.3 RqD0555Y00
1965-058B tC2017 02 20.03742 08 20 26.71 +10 31 59.4 16.5 RqD0555Y00
1965-058B C2017 11 27.47849 10 33 23.01 +12 20 40.2 16.5 GUNEOCP703
1965-058B C2017 11 27.48344 10 34 02.30 +12 20 19.2 17.3 GUNEOCP703
1965-058B C2017 11 27.48842 10 34 41.82 +12 20 00.5 16.5 GUNEOCP703
1965-058B C2017 11 27.49337 10 35 20.79 +12 19 36.3 UNEOCP703
1965-058B C2017 11 27.54973 10 42 24.65 +12 13 03.0 18.1 GUNEOCPI52
ZGBD4BF C2018 04 12.25943 12 11 55.71 +10 43 40.8 19.6 GUNEOCPG96
ZGBD4BF C2018 04 12.26460 12 12 21.63 +10 41 51.7 UNEOCPG96
ZGBD4BF C2018 04 12.26977 12 12 47.48 +10 40 01.1 UNEOCPG96
ZGBD4BF C2018 04 12.36601 12 21 01.92 +10 01 57.2 19.1 GUNEOCPI52
ZGBD4BF C2018 04 12.36679 12 21 06.06 +10 01 36.3 UNEOCPI52
ZGBD4BF C2018 04 12.36829 12 21 14.29 +10 00 57.0 19.7 GUNEOCPI52
ZJ15031 C2018 05 15.27185 13 05 02.75 +07 54 21.1 16.4 GUNEOCP703
ZJ15031 C2018 05 15.27705 13 05 28.00 +07 51 53.0 16.3 GUNEOCP703
ZJ15031 C2018 05 15.28225 13 05 53.22 +07 49 23.7 16.2 GUNEOCP703
ZJ15031 C2018 05 15.31042 13 08 14.64 +07 35 38.6 16.0 GUNEOCPI52
ZJ15031 C2018 05 15.31055 13 08 15.26 +07 35 34.9 15.9 GUNEOCPI52
ZJ15031 C2018 05 15.31067 13 08 15.90 +07 35 31.3 15.9 GUNEOCPI52
ZJ15031 C2018 05 15.31080 13 08 16.54 +07 35 27.6 15.8 GUNEOCPI52
ZJ15031 C2018 05 15.33469313 10 08.40 +07 19 55.7 16.3 GV H01
ZJ15031 C2018 05 15.34136913 10 45.33 +07 16 33.7 16.1 GV H01
ZJ15031 C2018 05 15.34863713 11 26.16 +07 12 52.4 16.0 GV H01
ZJ15031 C2018 05 15.35783513 12 18.66 +07 08 11.5 16.0 GV H01
Station data:
(703) Catalina Sky Survey (N32.417006 W110.732640) US/Arizona. Observer R.
G. Matheny. Measurers E. J. Christensen, D. C. Fuls, A. R. Gibbs, A. D.
Grauer, J. A. Johnson, R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, G. J. Leonard, R. G.
Matheny, R. L. Seaman, F. C. Shelly. 0.68-m Schmidt + 10K CCD.
(G96) Mt. Lemmon Survey (N32.442754 W110.788720) US/Arizona. Observer A.
D. Grauer. Measurers B. M. Africano, E. J. Christensen, D. C. Fuls, A. R.
Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, J. A. Johnson, R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, G. J.
Leonard, R. L. Seaman, F. C. Shelly. 1.5-m reflector + 10K CCD.
(H01) Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro (N33.984833 W107.189333) US/New
Mexico. Observers W. H. Ryan, E. V. Ryan. Measurer W. H. Ryan. 2.4-m
f/8.9 reflector + CCD.
(I52) Steward Observatory, Mt. Lemmon Station (N32.442547 W110.788920)
US/Arizona. Observers R. A. Kowalski, E. J. Christensen. Measurers E. J.
Christensen, D. C. Fuls, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer, J. A. Johnson, R. A.
Kowalski, S. M. Larson, G. J. Leonard, R. G. Matheny, R. L. Seaman, F. C.
Shelly. 1.0-m reflector + CCD.
(Y00) SONEAR Observatory, Oliveira (S20.715082 W44.784960) Brazil.
Observers C. Jacques, E. Pimentel, J. Barros. Measurer C. Jacques. 0.28-m
f/2.2 astrograph + CCD.
Orbital elements: 1965-058B = NORAD 01459 = Vela 3B
Perigee 2018 Apr 29.043451 +/- 0.000165 TT = 1:02:34 (JD 2458237.543451)
Epoch 2018 May 1.0 TT; AMR 0.0075269 +/- 0.00027 m2/kg Gray
M 151.5974180 +/- 0.012 (J2000 equator)
n 77.4820511063 +/- 5.17e-5 Peri. 327.9159600 +/- 0.0056
a117616.82010 +/- 0.0523 Node 49.5252977 +/- 0.0006
e 0.497416896 +/- 1.57e-5 Incl. 15.8762108 +/- 0.00015
P6690.46m/4.646d H 30.2 G 0.15 U 6.1
q 59112.226443 +/- 1.87 Q 176121.41376 +/- 1.79
From 25 observations 2017 Feb. 20-2018 May 15; mean residual 0".835
Residuals in arcseconds: 170220 Y00 .395+ .472+ 180412 G96 .149- .802+ 180515 I52 .059- .138+ 170220 Y00 .163- .850- 180412 G96 1.88- .975+ 180515 I52 .327+ .089+ 170220 Y00 .294- .354+ 180412 I52 .445+ .230- 180515 I52 .049- .235+ 171127 703 2.98+ .145+ 180412 I52 .498- 1.14- 180515 H01 .094- .214+ 171127 703 1.36- 1.44- 180412 I52 1.46+ 1.93- 180515 H01 .502- .417+ 171127 703 .714- 1.21+ 180515 703 .356+ .420- 180515 H01 .115- .166+ 171127 703 .276+ .021+ 180515 703 1.03+ .104- 180515 H01 .412- .277+ 171127 I52 .574- .291+ 180515 703 1.25- .132- 180412 G96 0.99+ .465+ 180515 I52 .611+ 7.6m- Ephemerides (geocentric): Date (UTC) HH RA Dec delta elong mag " sig PA ---- -- -- -- ------------- ----------- ------ ----- --- ---- --- 2018 05 15 00 12 34 55.742 +10 38 59.54 172974 128.6 17.5 1.47 109 2018 05 15 01 12 40 04.750 +10 22 24.26 173598 129.8 17.4 1.19 110 2018 05 15 02 12 45 11.166 +10 05 37.21 174140 130.9 17.4 .924 112 2018 05 15 03 12 50 15.317 +09 48 38.22 174598 132.0 17.4 .680 114 2018 05 15 04 12 55 17.520 +09 31 27.08 174973 133.2 17.4 .457 119 2018 05 15 05 13 00 18.083 +09 14 03.52 175267 134.3 17.3 .256 128 2018 05 15 06 13 05 17.308 +08 56 27.23 175477 135.4 17.3 .103 170 2018 05 15 07 13 10 15.491 +08 38 37.83 175606 136.5 17.3 .154 72 2018 05 15 08 13 15 12.923 +08 20 34.92 175653 137.6 17.2 .294 91 2018 05 15 09 13 20 09.896 +08 02 18.02 175617 138.7 17.2 .428 97 2018 05 15 10 13 25 06.698 +07 43 46.63 175500 139.8 17.2 .548 100 2018 05 15 11 13 30 03.618 +07 25 00.18 175300 140.9 17.2 .651 102 2018 05 15 12 13 35 00.947 +07 05 58.06 175019 141.9 17.1 .738 104 2018 05 15 13 13 39 58.979 +06 46 39.63 174655 143.0 17.1 .809 105 2018 05 15 14 13 44 58.012 +06 27 04.16 174209 144.1 17.1 .862 106 2018 05 15 15 13 49 58.352 +06 07 10.89 173680 145.2 17.0 .897 107 2018 05 15 16 13 55 00.310 +05 46 59.02 173068 146.2 17.0 .915 108 2018 05 15 17 14 00 04.209 +05 26 27.66 172373 147.3 16.9 .914 109 2018 05 15 18 14 05 10.380 +05 05 35.89 171595 148.3 16.9 .894 110 2018 05 15 19 14 10 19.171 +04 44 22.71 170733 149.4 16.9 .854 111 2018 05 15 20 14 15 30.942 +04 22 47.05 169788 150.4 16.8 .795 113 2018 05 15 21 14 20 46.072 +04 00 47.80 168758 151.5 16.8 .714 115 2018 05 15 22 14 26 04.959 +03 38 23.74 167642 152.5 16.7 .612 118 2018 05 15 23 14 31 28.025 +03 15 33.58 166442 153.5 16.7 .489 123 2018 05 16 00 14 36 55.718 +02 52 15.98 165156 154.6 16.6 .350 134 2018 05 16 01 14 42 28.514 +02 28 29.47 163783 155.5 16.6 .218 161 2018 05 16 02 14 48 06.923 +02 04 12.50 162324 156.5 16.5 .213 41 2018 05 16 03 14 53 51.494 +01 39 23.44 160776 157.5 16.5 .394 74 2018 05 16 04 14 59 42.817 +01 14 00.54 159141 158.4 16.4 .652 86 2018 05 16 05 15 05 41.532 +00 48 01.94 157417 159.2 16.4 .959 92 2018 05 16 06 15 11 48.332 +00 21 25.67 155603 160.0 16.3 1.31 95 2018 05 16 07 15 18 03.974 -00 05 50.35 153700 160.8 16.3 1.71 97 2018 05 16 08 15 24 29.287 -00 33 48.34 151705 161.4 16.2 2.15 98 2018 05 16 09 15 31 05.179 -01 02 30.63 149619 162.0 16.2 2.65 100 2018 05 16 10 15 37 52.653 -01 31 59.68 147440 162.4 16.1 3.20 100 2018 05 16 11 15 44 52.815 -02 02 18.06 145169 162.7 16.1 3.83 101 2018 05 16 12 15 52 06.895 -02 33 28.45 142804 162.7 16.1 4.52 101 2018 05 16 13 15 59 36.265 -03 05 33.65 140346 162.6 16.0 5.29 102 2018 05 16 14 16 07 22.457 -03 38 36.49 137792 162.3 16.0 6.15 102 2018 05 16 15 16 15 27.192 -04 12 39.85 135145 161.8 16.0 7.11 102 2018 05 16 16 16 23 52.407 -04 47 46.59 132402 161.0 16.0 8.18 102 2018 05 16 17 16 32 40.298 -05 23 59.42 129564 160.0 15.9 9.38 103 2018 05 16 18 16 41 53.353 -06 01 20.85 126632 158.7 15.9 10.7 103 2018 05 16 19 16 51 34.413 -06 39 52.97 123606 157.2 15.9 12.2 103 2018 05 16 20 17 01 46.724 -07 19 37.19 120488 155.5 15.9 13.9 102 2018 05 16 21 17 12 34.014 -08 00 33.96 117278 153.5 15.9 15.8 102 2018 05 16 22 17 24 00.578 -08 42 42.22 113981 151.3 15.9 18.0 102 2018 05 16 23 17 36 11.372 -09 25 58.76 110599 148.8 15.9 20.5 102 2018 05 17 00 17 49 12.137 -10 10 17.32 107137 146.1 15.9 23.3 101 2018 05 17 01 18 03 09.523 -10 55 27.23 103603 143.2 15.9 26.4 101 2018 05 17 02 18 18 11.234 -11 41 11.66 100003 139.9 16.0 30.1 100 2018 05 17 03 18 34 26.174 -12 27 05.18 96351 136.3 16.0 34.2 99 2018 05 17 04 18 52 04.578 -13 12 30.41 92660 132.4 16.0 39.0 99 2018 05 17 05 19 11 18.097 -13 56 33.66 88950 128.0 16.0 44.5 98 2018 05 17 06 19 32 19.762 -14 37 59.26 85245 123.3 16.1 50.8 96 2018 05 17 07 19 55 23.751 -15 15 02.75 81578 118.1 16.1 57.9 95 2018 05 17 08 20 20 44.785 -15 45 23.25 77988 112.3 16.2 66.1 93 2018 05 17 09 20 48 36.958 -16 05 56.80 74525 106.0 16.3 75.2 91 2018 05 17 10 21 19 11.796 -16 12 53.66 71251 99.0 16.5 85.3 89 2018 05 17 11 21 52 35.393 -16 01 45.23 68241 91.4 16.7 96.1 87