Re: 18 Oct 99 Globalstar Prelaunch Elset

Rainer Kracht (r.kracht@elmshorn.netsurf.de)
Mon, 18 Oct 1999 21:44:50 +2

> Date:          Fri, 15 Oct 1999 18:20:05 -0600
> From:          Ron Lee <ronlee@pcisys.net>
> Subject:       18 Oct 99 Globalstar Prelaunch Elset

> Soyuz/Globalstar, 13:32 UT, 18 Oct 99, Tyuratam
> 1 99999P 99 xxx A 99291.71111111  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    11
> 2 99999  51.9580 240.3600 0020010 225.8800 241.2830 13.93050000    10
> 
The Soyuz/Globalstars were visible with the naked eye at 18:41 UTC.
With 10x50 binoculars I saw five points of light, nearly equally bright
(mag about 3.4). First three were spaced by about 0.2 deg, then a gap of
about 0.4 deg, last two again spaced by 0.2 deg.
Close to delta And I timed the passage through a pair of stars:
First Satellite passed 18:42:34.7, last 18:42:37.5 UTC.
Shadow entry of last satellite was at 18:42:51 UTC.

I don't know which of the satellites was the Soyuz.
Time was about 34 seconds late with the above elset.

 Rainer
 9.6626 east, 53.7695 north, 9 m

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