Hi All; A friend mailed me some hours ago with a link to a photo what he defined as a "more than a flare": https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffdai/21877557609/ The data for the image is: Coordinates: 29.759189, 91.476115; 4320m a.s.l. Date/time: 8/10/2015 at 14:17 UTC. I am not able to identify visually the sky zone cause there are too many stars. Introducing the coordinates and time into tracking software I'ts easy to reach the conclusion that Ted's preliminar orbit estimations and after-launch calculations passed some minutes earlyer than 14:17 UTC pretty high in the sky, with about 47º of max. elevation. So, time is not 100% correct, and its highly likely that this comes from NROL-55 launch. My guess is that the image is the Centaur making the first of two final maneuvers after releasing the NOSS pair to reach the final Centaur and secondary payload's orbit. Hoewer, I am not 100% sure of it as I've did not dedicate it too much time to analize the data. This image is taken roughly 80 minutes after launch. Thanks to Dani Caxete who advised me. Jon. -- Jon, COSPAR 6242, 42.9453, -2.82839, 623m, Bitoriano, Basque Country. _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Sat Oct 10 2015 - 16:18:54 UTC
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