Sunday, December 17, 2006

Tacsat-2/Roadrunner Orbital/Freq Information

Tacsat-2/Roadrunner (JWS D1/ST-6ISC) is operating on-orbit. Here is the updated information we have on this new milsat. International Designator: 2006-058A , SSC#: 29653

Updated orbital parameters: 92.93 period, 40.01 degree inclination, 426 by 410 km

Current kep set:
1 29653U 06058A 06351.51897935 .00027404 00000-0 48774-3 0 100
2 29653 040.0115 071.4772 0009861 165.3254 218.5825 15.49403942 143

Known communications payload: 8 GHz (X-band) downlink.