Lacrosse 2 Rk
Craig Cholar (3432P@VM1.CC.NPS.NAVY.MIL)
Wed, 25 Mar 98 22:15:27 PST
Ed Cannon wrote:
>Tonight (early on 26 March), using one-power, I was not able to see
>Lacrosse 2 Rk (21148, 91-17B) on a predicted +2.n magnitude pass.
>Since it has been pretty much on time the last few days, I guess
>this must have been because the phase angle was pretty bad.
I saw it Wednesday night, a nice overhead pass. It got as bright as
as Merak in Ursa Major (mag +2.3). Despite Skymap 6.2 saying the
along-track uncertainty was 6.4 minutes for the elset dated Feb 28,
it grazed Saiph in Orion at 03:15:55 UT 3/26, only 9 seconds earlier than
the predicted time of 03:16:04. Quicksat is giving a 'Tim' value of 2.5
for that 26 day old elset, but the rocket was only 18 seconds earlier
than Quicksat's prediction.
Craig Cholar 3432P@VM1.CC.NPS.NAVY.MIL
Marina, California
36 41 10.3N, 121 48 17.9W (36.6862, -121.8050) UTC -8