In a message dated 4/22/2004 2:59:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "John Locker" <john@satcom.freeserve.co.uk> writes: >Hoping to do some geosat work around 1-13 east , but also , could anyone >give me a quick update on Superbird A.......is it still loitering around 28 >east ? > >Many thanks, Superbird A is near-geosync. It has an inclination of 9.4 deg and a Mean Motion of 0.9974 so it will drift east to west about 1.5 deg per day. Right now it's at 25.5 deg east longitude. In mid to late May it will be visible to observers on the east coast of North America. Look for flashing ever 22.4 or 11.2 seconds. SUPERBIRD A 1 20040U 89041A 04109.45835433 .00000095 00000-0 10000-3 0 4765 2 20040 9.4135 45.2739 0001928 157.8489 202.0852 0.99745453 53724 -- Cheers, Don Gardner 39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/ http://www.howardastro.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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