RE: Centaur and NOSS payload observed

From: Brian K. Hunter (bkh@chem.queensu.ca)
Date: Mon Sep 10 2001 - 01:01:45 EDT


Using the following elset, I observed the Centaur(?) and two payloads.

USA 160 r       10.1  3.0  0.0  3.0 v
1 75025U          01252.43125000  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    07
2 75025  63.4300 296.3000 0000001 180.0000 180.0000 13.42000000    06

At 4:32:15 UT (+/- 5s) on 2001 09 10, the first object was at 16h 
11m  75deg 38m  which puts it 35 seconds early and within a degree of the 
predicted track.  I'd estimate it at fifth magnitude or a bit 
brighter.  The second object, also about 5th magnitude trailed by 2 minutes 
35 seconds.  The third one at about 7th magnitude trailed by a further 10 
seconds or so.

Seeing was poor and if there were other fainter objects, I would not have 
seen them.

Looks interesting.

Brian

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