Re: lacrosse 3 arrived 24 seconds early relative to a certain tle

From: Gerhard HOLTKAMP (grd.holtkamp@t-online.de)
Date: Tue Apr 10 2007 - 07:51:37 EDT

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     Kevin Fetter wrote:
    
    > I went to check on Lacrosse 3 ( 25017 ) to see how much error, there be in
    > it's pass.
    >
    > At 9:18:26 UTC it formed a line with Vega and R Lyr. It passed to the right
    > of R Lyr.
    >
    > So it arrived roughly 24 seconds early, compared to what was predicted by
    > guide 8, using the following orbit, in mike's classfd tle file.
    >
    
    I  got exactly the same difference of 24 seconds early when I observed 
    Lacrosse 3 pass Gmma Aql at 3:15:09 UTC, 10-APR-07. 
    
    Gerhard HOLTKAMP
    Darmstadt, Germany
    49.8822 N, 8.6558 E
    
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