USA 144 Titan 4 rocket observation
Alexander Seidel (ase@privat.isp-net.de)
Sat, 29 May 1999 23:58:05 +0200
Using this elset from Rainer Kracht...
1 25745U 99028 B 99149.20064118 .01833000 00000-0 61814-3 0 06
2 25745 63.4618 76.4579 0051352 167.4587 192.7322 16.21488715 04
...I just observed the USA 144 Titan 4 rocket again, passing with a
height of 195 km above ground low in the local west, max. 24 deg above
horizon before shadow entry. Observing conditions were poor due to
scattered clouds, some haze and moonlight, but due to a close passage to
the bright star Regulus in Leo I was able to have a time fixed, showing
that the sat was 4.9 (+/- 0.5) sec late relative to the elset above.
Alex
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