The satellites passed by and just north of Epsilon CMi. That star was in the field of view during the observation. The four MMS spacecraft were passing by in roughly one minute intervals. I did not expect that phasing since they are relatively close when near their operational portion of the orbit. One video noted that they spread apart around perigee. The reason was not given. My current question is to try to get an understanding of why MMS1, if that is the one I saw two minutes early, was off by that much. Perhaps another day or so is needed to get better elsets or the spacecraft are being maneuvered to their final orbit. Ron Lee _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Sun Mar 15 2015 - 10:08:49 UTC
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