Re: Ident required
Chris Dorreman (bram.dorreman@skynet.be)
Tue, 9 Feb 1999 22:45:20 +0100
I checked my satellite log. Did not find Echo 1 at that time.
However I saw it one and two days later. By extrapolating
backward I found it would have been visible on 13.4.68 at
about 2.06 am. I assume requestor used British Summer Time,
I used UTC. So it matches. The difference in longitude of about
7 degrees causes a time difference of approx. 2 minutes (later
for me, so at 2.07 UT. It still matches satisfactorely.
Bram Dorreman at 5.48 E, 51.26 N
-----Original Message-----
From: Eberst <eberst@cableinet.co.uk>
To: seesat-l@blackadder.lmsal.com <seesat-l@blackadder.lmsal.com>
Date: maandag 8 februari 1999 14:57
Subject: Re: Ident required
>At 17:45 99/02/07 +0000, G. Watmore wrote:
>>Please forgive the lack of technical data regarding the following
>>
>>On the 13.4.68 at approximately 3.05am I observed an object travelling
>>west to east approx 60 deg elevation.
>>
>>Would be interested in any information pertaining to this object.
>>I apoloize once again for the lack of data.
>>
>>My location;50.9000 N 1.4999W
>>
>>Many Thanks
>>
>>G.Watmore
>>
>>
>I haven't looked into this very fully, but I wonder if this is a sighting
>of the Echo 1 balloon satelite (1960 iota 1 = 6000901 = #00049) which
>decayed 1968 May 24 about 6 weeks after this sighting. Anyone have relevent
>TLEs for this object nearly 31 years ago?