Re: USA 193 NOTAM released?

From: John Locker (john@satcom.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Mon Feb 18 2008 - 21:39:34 UTC

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    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
    >> -----
    >>
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