IGS 5 was successfully launched on 2009 Nov 28, at 01:21 UTC: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/h2a/f16/index.html Here are approximate search elements for the main pieces: IGS 5 1 70610U 09332.10029108 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 05 2 70610 97.3059 40.1244 0005474 356.6024 3.5177 15.25854477 01 IGS 5 r 1 70611U 09332.10017880 .00005000 00000-0 22876-3 0 03 2 70611 97.3006 40.0640 0067938 322.9021 36.7527 15.18455430 04 The plane is several degrees west of the last reported orbit of the first optical IGS satellite: IGS-O1 1 27698U 03009A 09262.84818129 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 07 2 27698 97.4070 335.8932 0002000 185.2893 174.7105 15.25961400 00 I have not thoroughly evaluated visibility windows, but it appears that observers south of roughly 30 S may have some visibility. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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