Re: Last GPS 2Fsatellite launch on Feb 5

From: Robert Holdsworth via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 07:17:29 +1300
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
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