At 09:03 PM 22/10/01 , Chris Peat wrote: >BIRD Epoch 2001/10/22 10:30 UTC OD1 /Pr >1 99999U 01992ZZZ 01295.43750000 0.00012139 00000-0 098578-3 0 01 >2 99999 97.7814 8.4135 0019645 261.4457 68.4696 15.00235689 06 Chris, looking at a pass that culminates at 13:40UT tonite with a maximum elevation of 79 degrees, the orbit plane transits overhead at 35S at 2300 Local Mean time. Since the shadow height at midnight on the December solstice is 600Km, it never going to get sunlit overhead. Perhaps to 40 degrees elevation in passes that pass near overhead in the fortnight before and after the solstice. Any sunlit part is below 10 degrees elevation currently. Tony Beresford 34.9638S, 138.633E ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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