USA 86

finn@main.jetnet.ab.ca
Sun, 14 Mar 1999 21:02:17 -0700 (MST)

I had my first sighting of USA 86 #22251, Peak Elevation was predicted for
03:18:53 15 Mar UTC at azimuth 67 degrees, elevation 48 degrees with these
elsets:

USA 86          15.0  3.0  0.0  5.1 v
1 22251U 92 83  A 99059.84543098  .00003000  00000-0  19465-3 0    01
2 22251  97.7162 116.9807 0417000  31.3805 328.6194 14.57132895    08

At 03:18:24 it was due east (azi 090) of my location and at 03:19:15 it
passed just above Alioth in Ursa major. All times UTC + - 2 sec. Magnitude
was about 3.6 vice the predicted 3.9.

Jari 54.25N
110.11W
556m