Are the rocket burns themselves visible? Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Molczan" <ssl3molcz@rogers.com> To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 11:13 AM Subject: AEHF 1 elements > Using well-spaced observations by Derek Breit and Peter Wakelin, I have obtained fairly accurate > Segment 2 Burn 5 elements: > > AEHF 1 3091 X 49976 km > 1 36868U 10039A 10257.94669560 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 07 > 2 36868 17.0127 301.4109 7123000 195.0611 83.0539 1.45427241 03 > Arc 20100913.18-0914.95 WRMS resid 0.005 totl 0.004 xtrk > > It would be prudent to expect another manoeuvre tonight, roughly centred on the apogee of Sep 15 at > 03:11 UTC. If it is similar to the last one, then it will last about 2 hours, and this would be the > approximate result: > > Segment 2 Burn 6 estimate 3959 X 49975 km > 1 70012U 10258.13226853 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 09 > 2 70012 15.8000 300.4745 6900000 196.3968 178.8300 1.42600000 06 > > If not seen in the epoch 10257.95 orbit, then look for it near the 70012 elset orbit, allowing at > least a minute or two time uncertainty, and ~0.3 deg track uncertainty. > > Happy hunting! > Ted Molczan > > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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