Here are my best guesses at the reentry event locations and times ... Event Long Lat L+ time Blackout Starts -127.5 24.4 4h 13m 41s Peak Heating ? ? 4h 15m 03s Blackout Ends ? ? 4h 16m 11s Drogue Chutes Deployed -114.3 20.6 4h 19m 31s Main Chutes Deployed -114.3 20.6 4h 20m 41s Orion Splashdown -114.3 20.6 4h 23m 29s At the beginning of the blackout (plasma heating starts) the vehicle will be visible above a 10° elevation angle for up to 350 nmi. As it decends toward chute deployments of course this distance become much smaller. It will be daylight during the reentry, so I'm unsure how 'visible' it will be. Daryl -----Original Message----- From: ronlee--- via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> To: seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> Sent: Wed, Dec 3, 2014 9:06 am Subject: RE: Estimated Orion EFT-1 Elements I checked for flights into and out of the Los Angeles (LA) area this morning at the expected time of entry interface and found three "possible" flights that may have a chance to see it. "Possible" since I do not know how far away re-entry can be seen. The flights are UAL 870, JAL 66 and FDX 77. A while later I thought that a few flights further away might be more likely to see the event if it occurs closer to the horizon and naturally in their line of sight. I used flightradar24.com to check on flights. If there are reports of UFOs or similar this may be a way to confirm their sighting. Ron Lee _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Wed Dec 03 2014 - 12:03:36 UTC
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