TJM obs of 2004 Jul 29 UTC

From: Ted Molczan (molczan@rogers.com)
Date: Thu Jul 29 2004 - 06:00:07 EDT

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    I looked for 854065C, and I believe that I spotted it on 2004 Jul 29 at
    09:15:51.490 UTC, running about 126 s early, after 136 days:
    
    1 15071U 84065C   04075.21669282 0.00000850  00000-0  10459-3 0    07
    2 15071  95.8941  70.5775 0003997 255.7262 104.2736 14.83069757    03
    
    It had 84065C's characteristic flash, and its track and angular velocity were
    about as expected. It faded before I could make a measurement, and I could not
    find it again due to bright twilight. I found no other likely candidates near
    the observed time and position. After losing the object, I continued to observe
    for 13 minutes, but saw no more satellites.
    
    The object's 126 s early arrival indicates that its mean rate of decay has been
    about 14 percent greater than that of the above elements.
    
    19460 88 078A   2701 P 20040729020714260 17 25 1247189+223763 67 R
    19460 88 078A   2701 P 20040729020730860 17 25 1300627+182221 56 R
    24680 96 072A   2701 P 20040729030122110 17 25 1534722-090847 18 S
    24680 96 072A   2701 P 20040729030157690 17 25 1503209+005233 18 S
    21147 91 017A   2701 P 20040729032827630 17 25 1330189+071782 87 S
    
    What these numbers mean: http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html
    
    Site 2701: 43.68764 N, 79.39243 W, 230 m
    
    Ted Molczan
    
    
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