Michael McCants wrote: > I have fit Rick's positions with the following elset: > > Unknown 010313 > 1 90009U 01572A 01072.66500009 0.00000000 00000-0 +00000+0 0 01 > 2 90009 3.9100 308.5650 0001000 359.9991 0.0009 1.00264024 04 > > The original nominal node for the Milstar 4 Centaur was 301, but it > was late launching, so a lower value would be expected. _____________________________________________________ Thanks as always, Mike! NEW OBSERVATIONS - Viewing location (same as last time) 37.2618N 121.9770W Alt 72M Unknown geosat passed DIRECTLY over same two stars reported on March 14th, but 47.8725 hours later! THAT should nail down the Mean Motion pretty good, close to 1.0026633 if I calculated that correctly (help Mike!) March 16, 2001 5:36:10 U.T 10h 40.09436m -6.398180 March 16, 2001 5:44:50 U.T. 10h 48.785120m -6.513480 Both observations -- Dec. accuracy 0.001 deg, RA accuracy 0.006 (includes timing error). Mike's elements above put the satellite a bit too far west (about 1.5 degrees) relative to tonight's observations, so a slight change to the Longitude of Ascending Node may be needed as well, but supplied data is sketchy as of yet. Satellite still passes about 1/8th degree EAST of DBS-2 heading south, but a bit earlier (6 - 7 minutes) each night, near 4:54 U.T. at present. Satellite passed close to 8.1 mag star, looking similar in brightness, fading over an hour to 9.0 magnitude (passed a star that bright, too!) RICK BALDRIDGE Campbell, CA USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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