Re: USA 186 not seen - manouevre?

From: Leo Barhorst via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 21:03:04 +0100
Marco,

I didnĀ“t see it either on the same pass.
Sattools Skymap predicted it at a height of only 308 km and a magnitude of
2.7
So it would be an easy object.
I last saw it Mar 9 and it was 15 sec early on 4 day old TLE.

Leo

2016-03-12 20:33 GMT+01:00 Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek_at_online.nl>:

>
> I just failed to see USA 186 (05-042A) during the 18:59 UT pass (12
> March), on 3-day old elements.
>
> I was using the 1.4/85mm lens so it really should have registered even if
> faint. I was imaging for over a minute on both sides of the nominal pass
> time.
>
> So it might have manoeuvered.
>
> - Marco
>
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