Re: Any "Humanity Star" sightings?

From: Dave Hartzell via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 16:12:58 -0700
I'm pretty sure Humanity Star and other sats (non-maneuverable) went in to
an orbital inclination of around 83 degree.

The above TLE also matches well to Humanity Star's web site (which clearly
indicates a polar inclination as well).

So until we know officially, my bet is still on 43166...


On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 1:16 PM, Jim Cook via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
wrote:

>
> Launched from New Zealand last week on a 46 degree inclination, assigned
> NORAD ID 43163,
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> Has that ID number been officially assigned anywhere specifically to
> Humanity Star?   I have seen three different IDs from among the 6 objects
> released, each reported to be Humanity Star.   Yet they all can't be
> correct.  You have it as 43163.  N2yo.com has it as 43166.
> Heavens-above.com has it as 43168.
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> http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43166
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> http://www.heavens-above.com/satinfo.aspx?satid=43168
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> But I haven't seen anything from the Humanity Star staff confirming which
> one it is.
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> Jim Cook
> Germantown, MD, US
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> Launched from New Zealand last week on a 46 degree inclination, assigned
> NORAD ID 43163, has anyone spotted this meter wide highly reflective "disco
> ball"?  Any magnitude estimates?
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> 1 43163U 18010A 18025.74241954 .00000328 -10343-5 00000+0 0 9998
> 2 43163 82.9341 134.8637 0176416 206.1648 153.1367 15.52139150 727
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> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5308317/
> Disco-nights-Rocket-Lab-launches-glinting-sphere-orbit.html
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