Re: Unknowns caught on film

Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Sun, 15 Nov 1998 00:06:57 -0500

Jari (finn@main.jetnet.ab.ca) wrote, on Sat, 14 Nov 1998, at about 
17:12:00 -0700 (MST):
 
> ... 2 unknowns:
> 
> Time: between 02:36:30 and 02:37:38 UT +-10 secs 22 Oct (offset of -6)
> Location: 54.25N  110.11W   556m
> 
> Trail #1 - Elevation -  35=D8
>            Azimuth   - 000=D8
>            Direction - 195=D8 to 015=D8 or 015=D8 to 195=D8
> 
> Trail #2 - Elevation -  25=D8
>            Azimuth   - 357=D8
>            Direction - 330=D8 to 150=D8 or 150=D8 to 330=D8

Used alldat.tle for 98-10-24.  

Maybe one of these two will work for Trail #1 (first line from 
molczan.tle):
Cosmos 1154 r    3.8  2.6  0.0  5.1 v
1 11683U 80008B   98296.09750880 +.00002165 +00000-0 +15988-3 0 01749
2 11683 081.2096 303.2843 0046740 097.0081 263.6462 15.01949594019237

(line one info. from SSR9809):
DELTA 1 DEB (RCS=0.22)
1 21287U 75052Y   98296.15855570 -.00000011 +00000-0 +69152-4 0 09214
2 21287 099.7360 342.7854 0130643 159.4874 201.1556 13.17470777359667

Maybe this one will work for Trail #2 (first line from quicksat.mag):
DMSP 1-3 Rk     7.0  1.3 0.9 0.0 1.9
1 06276U 72089B   98296.07332729 +.00000165 +00000-0 +98399-4 0 07301
2 06276 098.5428 122.8708 0038278 075.5551 284.9868 14.19085825342550

Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA