Hi Thomas and List, I sent Thomas Laskowski transit centerline predictions based on an ISS TLE I have from yesterday evening. Coordinates at 5-second intervals around the time of closest approach to South Bend were: Date UTC Time Latitude Longitude ---------- -------- --------- ---------- 2003/04/11 1:30:45 42.3136 -87.1961 2003/04/11 1:30:50 42.1138 -86.8367 2003/04/11 1:30:55 41.9129 -86.4796 2003/04/11 1:31:00 41.7107 -86.1248 2003/04/11 1:31:05 41.5075 -85.7724 2003/04/11 1:31:10 41.3031 -85.4222 2003/04/11 1:31:15 41.0976 -85.0743 These do not agree at all with Thomas Fly's predictions, so either we are using very different two-line elements, or there's a bug in Tom's code. I used the following TLE: ISS 1 25544U 98067A 03099.77720405 .00020500 00000-0 26546-3 0 8748 2 25544 51.6352 3.8139 0004312 42.1567 60.1039 15.58858219250337 Cheers, Rob ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Thu Apr 10 2003 - 16:51:53 EDT