Centaur and two NOSS observed again

From: Ted Molczan (molczan@rogers.com)
Date: Tue Dec 02 2003 - 20:16:20 EST

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    I observed the Centaur and two NOSS payloads on 2003 Dec 03 at 00:02 UTC.
    
    No sign of a third NOSS.
    
    I obtained one fairly accurate position of both NOSS.
    
    Here is an improved elset of the trailing NOSS, based on my two points on
    consecutive passes:
    
    NOSS trailer     0.0  0.0  0.0  4.9 v
    1 71002U 03054B   03336.98663808  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    08
    2 71002  63.4241 302.2152 0135680 184.7377 175.2373 13.39376742    00
    
    The leader was ahead of this elset by 2.8 s.
    
    The Centaur leads both by more than 20 s, but is in a different plane.
    
    If the clouds hold off, I may be able to get more points on my final pass, in
    about 30 min.
    
    I will report all of my positional obs later tonight.
    
    Ted Molczan
    
    
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