#Change5 DRO state vector estimate with rationale.
Amateurs lost signal ~2021-12-03. About 3 integer periods of ~13 days, which is around the optimal DRO period. We appear to be seeing spacecraft at eastern elongation now. So... (1/n)
Amateurs lost signal ~2021-12-03. About 3 integer periods of ~13 days, which is around the optimal DRO period. We appear to be seeing spacecraft at eastern elongation now. So... (1/n)
From what I understand of DRO insertion geometry one likes to enter DRO from one of the elongation points not the EM-L1 or EM-L2 points. This insertion burn occurred ~ 2021-12-03. SOURCE: ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/…
Location of #Change5 this evening is within error bars of rough location of a hacked together state vector estimate is. (2/n)
#Change5
Epoch = 30 Nov 2021 05:45:00 UTC
LunaInertial,Cartesian
X = -67449.18744845511
Y = -17483.7843354477
Z = 6702.56651251734
VX = -0.08113647071667798
VY = 0.3191833891179148
VZ = 0.01610495268014363
(3/n)
Epoch = 30 Nov 2021 05:45:00 UTC
LunaInertial,Cartesian
X = -67449.18744845511
Y = -17483.7843354477
Z = 6702.56651251734
VX = -0.08113647071667798
VY = 0.3191833891179148
VZ = 0.01610495268014363
(3/n)
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