10-16-2020, 02:16 PM
An excerpt from Has Anyone Seen OSCAR 7?, - find it with your SR-56, 73 magazine, APR 1979, pgs. 122-123
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… how to use the orbit times supplied in 73 Magazine. I've used the standard 115 minutes added to each orbit, but, when it comes down to the next initial orbit data given, it doesn't figure precisely. Once I got my new toy, it only took 40 feet of paper and an hour to figure out the math of it. The calculator I use is the Texas Instruments SR-56.
Now, here's how I figure orbits. After loading the program (Fig. 1) in the calculator …
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SlideRule
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… how to use the orbit times supplied in 73 Magazine. I've used the standard 115 minutes added to each orbit, but, when it comes down to the next initial orbit data given, it doesn't figure precisely. Once I got my new toy, it only took 40 feet of paper and an hour to figure out the math of it. The calculator I use is the Texas Instruments SR-56.
Now, here's how I figure orbits. After loading the program (Fig. 1) in the calculator …
"
BEST!
SlideRule