RE: Centaur and NOSS payload observed

From: Paul Gabriel (gabriel305@earthlink.net)
Date: Mon Sep 10 2001 - 10:00:47 EDT


Brian K,
good info, but it would be more useful if you posted
your coordinates on the geoid when you provide 
positional satellite(s) data.

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On 09/10/01 at 01:01 Brian K. Hunter wrote:

>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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