[Isocops] IBEX Orbit# 129 ATS set - found vector source.

Mark Tapley mtapley at swri.edu
Sun Jun 19 01:40:03 EDT 2011


At 0:38 -0500 6/19/11, Mark Tapley wrote:
>	Also, the inertial direction given is:
>
>0.035827,  0.919219, 0.392112 = RA: 87.768, Dec:  23.086
>
>	that is different from the vector I recommend to compensate 
>for the bias in inertial maneuvers and to point at sun 2.5 days 
>before perigee, which is:
>
>+0.0542216, +0.918386, +0.391954 = RA: 86.62, Dec: 23.076
>
>	it's also different from what's in any STF I have. I actually 
>don't know where it came from, but I'd definitely like to know 
>before approving.

Hah! found where it came from; Ken's email, overlooked in my in-box. 
Apologies for the confusion. I'll get together with Ken separately 
and figure out which vector to use.
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