GLOBALSTAR, 6 Feb 2000, 21:26 UT Launch 1 99999P 0000XA 00038.66798723 -.00007082 00000-0 -33879-1 0 41 2 99999 52.0194 352.4931 0011062 270.1993 89.7943 12.72591009 91 This was generated using Dave Ransom's ADJ2Line and using an actual elset from the 10 Jun 99 launch (launch time 13:48:43 UT). The program is available from : ftp://tie.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/dransom/software/ and is listed as ADJ0004.ZIP First rev takes it over the southern coast of UK so observers in that region may get first obs prior to shadow entry around 21:39 UT. This assumes it is orbital at that time. I will need to review older launch profile data to see what happens when. Thanks for waiting. SECO 1 is about 11 minutes after launch. Fortunately the ISI Consulting site (http://www.isi-consulting.com/tech/1999/global.html) has data for SECO 1. I will have to work up an elset using that data to help the folks in the UK/western Europe try to acquire this object before it achieves the final orbit. You might even see something from the burn. Observers in the eastern US/Canada should be able to see a burn around 23:22 UT. But more interesting is the propellant dump that occurs right after the last burn. From Colorado, it gets to naked eye brightness even though it occurs over the Great Lakes (US/Canada) region. More to follow as I refine the prelaunch orbital and SECO 1 elsets. Ron Lee ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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