Re: Misc
Kevin Fetter (kfetter@geocities.com)
Wed, 17 Mar 1999 01:58:31 -0500
At 01:08 AM 3/17/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Kevin Fetter wrote:
>> I also did a photgraphic search last night for the us military
>> communications satellite Milstar 1 (22988) which is parked at 120 west
>> longitude using a search orbit by Mike McCants.
>
>What were the results?
>
Waiting to get the film back then I let you know the results
Here is mike's search orbit for milstar 1, so anyone help me try and find
this satellite. I did a photographic search due to the fact I have no idea
of what the inclination of milstar 1 is, and since the field capture on
35mm film is wide I think finding it would be better than if I did a visual
search, which I did when telstar 303 was located near 120 west longitude
but now is gone.
Milstar 1
1 22988U 94009A 99068.36595498 -.00000024 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00619
2 22988 000.0125 275.8073 0002204 044.4392 217.3225 01.00273656001154
Here is some picture of what milstar 1 and milstar DFS 2 located at 4
degees east look like.
http://lmms.external.lmco.com/photos/military_space/milstar/milstar.html
>> I remember
>> reading how one satellite observer had to do the calculations by hand,
>> before the modern computer.
>
>All observers did that unless you got predictions from the newspaper (my
>preferred way).
>
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>Jay Respler
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