ISS reboost burn scheduled for Nov 17 (updated TLEs)

[revent]

Some people have been asking about ISS elements recently. Here ya go.

Progress cargo module M-50 (NORAD 28399, COSPAR 2004-032A) was launched on Aug 11 as flight ISS-15P to the International Space Station. Tomorrow, Nov 17, the engine of the Progress module will be used for a reboost burn for the ISS complex.

Pre-burn orbital elements:

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ISS
1 25544U 98067A   04322.56309114  .00020000  00000-0  20000-3 0  9021
2 25544  51.6354 263.0443 0008556   7.2056 352.9227 15.71093086 22411


Post-burn orbital elements:

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ISS
1 25544U 98067A   04322.62672922  .00020000  00000-0  20000-3 0  9039
2 25544  51.6410 262.7192 0002275  31.6312 328.4986 15.69562720 22423


This burn will raise the orbit of the space station by about 1.6 miles. It's also being used to test the ability of Russian ground controllers to 'weigh' the station using fuel consumption figures.

Sorry I haven't converted these to Celestia's format, but I don't have access to office at the moment. I'm sure someone else will be happy to reply with the converted data, tho.

[TERRIER]

Post-burn orbital elements:

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ISS
1 25544U 98067A   04322.62672922  .00020000  00000-0  20000-3 0  9039
2 25544  51.6410 262.7192 0002275  31.6312 328.4986 15.69562720 22423


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"ISS-11A" "Sol/Earth"
{
  Class "spacecraft"
  Mesh  "iss_11A.3DS" #name of the model you are using
  Radius  0.030
  #Beginning 2452602 # P1 Truss Launch Nov 23, 2002

  EllipticalOrbit # updated 17-Nov-2004
{
    Epoch  2453327.12672922
    Period  0.06371201
    SemiMajorAxis  6738.278
    Eccentricity  0.0002275
    Inclination  51.6410
    AscendingNode  262.7192
    ArgOfPericenter  31.6312
   MeanAnomaly  328.4986
  }
  Obliquity  51.6410
  EquatorAscendingNode  262.7192
  RotationOffset  199.9865
  # Orientation  [  ]
}


regards,
TERRIER