Mike McCants' posted: > NOSS 3-4 (A) > 1 31701U 07027A 07167.06697797 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 06 > 2 31701 63.4420 44.9170 0300000 182.7408 177.2592 13.66600000 01 Somehow, I managed to complete overlook Ed's report. Good work Ed! Based on the weather forecast, I had not expected obs from your area. Combining Ed's data with that of the photos from Tehran of the Centaur venting, on spaceweather.com, may help further constrain the analysis. At least one of the photos shows an apparent sat trail, which if it can be identified, would help narrow the time. The positions in photos #1 and #2 are in very close agreement with my elset 70002. I have yet to check the others in detail, but they seem close too. Mike's above orbit places the payloads near the Centaur in the photos, as expected, so his solution would appear to be in the ballpark. I wish I could spend the afternoon on further analysis, but I have a prior commitment. Tonight will be my final opportunity to observe the NOSS 3-4 orbit for about 3 weeks. The pass is in fairly deep twilight, but if the weather looks to cooperate (even a little), I will return in time to have a look. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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