Re: geosync flasher

From: Bjoern Gimle@GlocalNet (Gimle@GlocalNet)
Date: Mon Feb 02 2009 - 21:35:49 UTC

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    Our two replies seem to have crossed.
    Mine would imply that ON THE AVERAGE you should look near RA 05:45 RA, 0 
    dec.
    IF the satellite is geosync, it could be there about 11:50 PM - in graveyard 
    orbit later.
    But it is inclined, probably ascending, and the sun is higher, so if it is 
    rotating near the equatorial plane this would force flashes even further W 
    (early)
    
    All in all, it needs a longer observation sequence, or lucky random 
    observations spread over a year to make computations.
    
    I found two near-geosyncs,
    22205 GALAXY 7             best fit
    20706 DFS 2                    earlier
    and 23132 UFO F3 USA 104 later
    
    but with only one position given, it could have been a Molniya type orbit ?
    
    /Björn
    
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: "Joseph A. Dellinger" <geojoe@freeusp.org>
    To: <SeeSat-D@satobs.org>
    Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 8:36 PM
    Subject: geosync flasher
    
    
    > I guess I need to be more specific. Given the satellite was flashing
    > at 12:22AM last Thursday, what time might I expect it to be flashing, say,
    > tonight? Same time? A few minutes earlier? A few minutes later? Is it
    > reasonable to assume that the satellite's rotation axis has not changed
    > over a few days? Or do satellites usually wobble more than that?
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