Re: Observing USA 193 - tips for beginners

From: John Locker (john@satcom.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Sun Feb 17 2008 - 08:25:25 UTC

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    Morning Allen,
    
    
    Yes , agreed  and even though Atlantis lands early afternoon on the 20th ( 
    GMT ) the next ideal passes of 193 dont happen until 1130GMT  on the 
    21st.....but I suspect the 1300 GMT pass ver Hawaii is the favoured 
    one.....with ISS half a world away.
    This and the next two orbits will keep  break up and debris away from any 
    land masses for at least half each orbit ( although the latter half of each 
    rev gets a little tricky !
    
    
    (Lake Erie , Decatur and possibly Shiloh will no doubt be on station . I 
    have seen ( reliable ) comments elsewhere that Lake Erie will take the money 
    shot. )
    
    John
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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    From: "Allen Thomson" <thomsona@flash.net>
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    Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 3:13 PM
    Subject: Re: Observing USA 193 - tips for beginners
    
    
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    >> Assuming the first kill attempt will take place around 1300 GMT on
    > the 21st
    >
    > Reading the various entrails that have appeared in the press, I'd
    > expect the intercept to occur on a descending pass west of Hawaii, but
    > close enough that the space surveillance site on Maui will have a
    > fairly high-elevation look at the event. Probably it will happen as the
    > satellite is rising as seen from Maui (to the northwest) so that the
    > first few minutes of the evolution of the debris cloud can be imaged.
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