Also it was around dawn here so Australia may have been in a more favorable position. Robert On 6 February 2016 at 06:00, Robert Holdsworth <robbonz_at_gmail.com> wrote: > Clouded out here. > On standby to explain UFO reports! > > Robert > Wainuiomata > New Zealand > 41.244 South > 174.946 East > > On 6/02/2016 2:50 AM, "C. Bassa via Seesat-l" <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> wrote: >> >> GPS IIF12 was launched on time at 13:38UTC today. >> >> Here is an estimated transfer orbit: >> 1 84001U 16900A 16036.70538155 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 02 >> 2 84001 54.9889 240.6721 6029017 96.1467 180.1187 4.05702263 03 >> >> At 16:55UTC the Centaur upper stage will reach apogee and perform the >> circularization burn, with separation around 17:01UTC. Observers in >> Australia and New Zealand are well placed to view the circularization >> burn, spacecraft separation and most likely the fueldump of the >> Centaur upper stage. >> >> A similar observation, though from a Delta IV upperstage, was observed >> with the GPS IIF05 launch: >> >> http://sattrackcam.blogspot.nl/2014/02/mystery-object-in-alaska-sky-night-feb.html >> >> Regards, >> Cees >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 Fri Feb 05 2016 - 12:18:32 UTC
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