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Two-line element set line 1: Minus signs are ignored by the checksum · case 02

Element sets with negative fields fail validation.

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Case contract

Input one TLE line-1 string (exactly 69 characters, starting "1", else None). Epoch year from columns 19-20 (57-99 -> 1900s, 00-56 -> 2000s), epoch day 21-32, ndot/2 34-43, BSTAR 54-61 in assumed-decimal exponent form (" 34123-4" = 0.34123e-4, sign first), checksum column 69 (digits plus 1 per "-", mod 10). Return [year, day, ndot2, bstar rounded 14, checksum_ok].

Why this case matters

Orbit determination and mission planning chain many small conversions; one wrong branch or unit silently moves a spacecraft by kilometres.

One recorded failure

Sample boundary fixture

This sample comes from the broken implementation of a controlled reproducer.

Boundary fixture	Actual	Expected	Outcome
two-line element set line 1 "1 43013U 17073A 26001.50000000 .00000123 00000-0 34123-4 0 9996"	`[2026, 1.5, 1.23e-06, 3.4123e-05, false]`	`[2026, 1.5, 1.23e-06, 3.4123e-05, true]`	Failed

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