I dismissed that series of passes as if some of the debris is going to come down in the next half rev , it could make landfall over Canada which rather defeats the object...... ???? John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Umbarger" <jumbarger2000@yahoo.com> To: <marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl>; "Ted Molczan" <ssl2molcz@rogers.com>; <seesat-l@satobs.org> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 8:54 PM Subject: Re: USA 193 NOTAM released? > Hey All, > If I'm not mistaken at 3:30 UT in the Hawaiian > Islands it is 17:30 local time. On that date the sun > sets (for Honolulu anyways) at 18:30. So if you where > attempting to observe from Oahu or Kauai, I believe > (based on the plot) you would be looking into the > setting sun. This would apply for the missile launch. > However impact and follow through would track to the > northwest - north - and then off to the northeast. Can > anyone confirm? (I've got a sister there who I would > like to "enlist" in the observation.) > > Regards, > Jeff Umbarger > Plano, TX USA > > --- Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl> > wrote: > >> >> >> Ted Molczan schreef: >> > The following appears to be the NOTAM for the >> operation to destroy USA 193 using >> > a missile: >> [snip] >> > I have made the following plot, which shows that >> USA 193 will pass through the >> > restricted zone on 2008 Feb 21, near 03:30 UTC >> (Feb 20, 10:30 PM EST): >> >> Coincidentally or not, this is during the totality >> phase of the lunar eclipse >> that same night. Good for optical tracking of faint >> fragments. >> >> - Marco >> >> >> ----- >> Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the >> Netherlands. >> e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl >> >> Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E >> (WGS84), +0 m ASL >> Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E >> (WGS84), -2 m ASL >> SatTrackCam: >> http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html >> Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com >> ----- >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked >> Questions, SeeSat-L archive: >> http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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