USA 129 obs Dec 29, 1997 from Adelaide

Tony Beresford (starman@camtech.net.au)
Mon, 29 Dec 1997 23:42:50 +1000

24680 96 072A   8597 24NOV97 114822.9  20 15 053000-2050    50   S+050 05
24680 96 072A   8597 01DEC97 124109.9  20 15 034800-7425    50   S+045 05
24680 96 072A   8597 03DEC97 132443.3  20 15 224500-4438    50   S+060 05
24680 96 072A   8597 09DEC97 121852.4  20 15 055800-4400    50   S+035 05
24680 96 072A   8597 10DEC97 123804.9  20 15 092200-8045    50   S+045 05
24680 96 072A   8597 11DEC97 130026.1  20 15 235948-6534    50   S+035 05
24680 96 072A   8597 13DEC97 120603.2  20 15 071700-3845    50   S+035 05
24680 96 072A   8597 15DEC97 124751.8  20 15 022400-6840    50   S+025 05
24680 96 072A   8597 16DEC97 130940.5  20 15 001454-3455    50   S+040 05
24680 96 072A   8597 19DEC97 123444.0  20 15 053830-6243    50   V+030 05
24680 96 072A   8597 23DEC97 122009.4  20 15 091536-5757    50   S+065 05
24680 96 072A   8597 27DEC97 120632.4  20 15 085118-3240    50   S+065 05
24680 96 072A   8597 28DEC97 122652.6  20 15 083518-5807    50   V+030 05
24680 96 072A   8597 29DEC97 124603.0  20 15 155948-7803    50   S+045 05 
Latest observation says that the object is within a second
based on elements from Mike McCant received since Dec27 observation.
USA 129       
1 24680U 96072  A 97361.44290137  .00015000  00000-0  14871-3 0    03
2 24680  97.8490  58.9358 0522000  38.0061 321.9937 14.79667079    04
At 1207.1UT it flashed up to mag +0.5 just before shadow entry 
Tony Beresford