TJM obs of 2003 Dec 13 UTC

From: Ted Molczan (molczan@rogers.com)
Date: Sat Dec 13 2003 - 20:24:14 EST

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    Clouds rolled in hours before my first pass, but cleared away just in time for
    my first pass of the new NOSS payloads, which have manoeuvred since the their
    last reported positions on day 03343.
    
    I began observing 5 min before the predicted time, and found a leader running
    197 s early, and a trailer 182 s early, relative the epoch 03343.779 leader and
    trailer orbits. Assuming leader and trailer have not traded places, then these
    are my points:
    
    71001 03 054A   2701 G 20031213232327870 17 25 1125602+614782 27  
    71002 03 054B   2701 G 20031213232421270 17 25 1125962+614614 96  
    
    Site 2701: 43.68764 N, 79.39243 W, 230 m
    
    They were 53.4 s apart.
    
    The trailer was about 2 magnitudes brighter than the leader.
    
    The clouds re-asserted themselves in time to obscure my final pass.
    
    Ted Molczan
    
    
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