Hi Ted, Associated Press reported the missile was shot at 10:26 PM on Feb. 20. Very close to the estimate given by your analysis of the satellite trajectory and the NOTAM exclusion zone. On behalf of everybody on this list, I'm sure, I want to thank you for keeping us informed in a timely manner. You had a great idea in asking everyone to report observations even if they were not positional observers and by explaining them how to do. Thank you for your time taken in analysing all the data and publishing the TLEs. Thanks also to Mike McCants and Chris Peat with his Heavens-Above site. The US demonstrated their capabilities by killing this satellite but our group of amateurs showed its capabilities too by accurately tracking this object and keeping the public informed by the interviews some of us gave to the media in the last few weeks. I myself gave a radio interview that was aired int the French science radio show Les Annees-lumieres at Radio-Canada on February 10. Daniel Deak Webmestre, site Obsat Pompier, municipalite de L'Avenir, Quebec COSPAR site 1747 : 45.7275°N, 72.3526°W, 191 m., UTC-5:00 Site en francais sur les satellites: French-language satellite web site : http://www.obsat.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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