Nice to see Milstar 1 on the tv again, after a few days of cloudy sky. I comparing what the following tle's give, to where the sat really appears. From The integrated tles elements zip file, on Mike's site http://www.io.com/~mmccants/tles/index.html 90023 1 90023U 04776A 08105.93724389 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 00 2 90023 5.6875 141.9104 0009315 272.2246 87.6752 1.00270000 05 Closest to position of sat on tv. Very close I say. The 96xxx integrated tles for 96xxx objects, Mike's site Rougly 1/2 degree of more off compared to where the sat really is. 96142 1 96142U 08104.94021133 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 01 2 96142 5.7193 141.3808 0002911 110.7851 249.2644 1.00270000 01 From Scott Campbell's site http://www.coastalbend.edu/acdem/math/sats/ Look for the GEO.ZIP file MILSTAR 1 (DFS-1) USA 99 1 22988U 94009A 08090.97959539 0.00000000 00000-0 00000+0 0 06 2 22988 5.6760 142.1835 0002542 283.5348 76.6310 1.00255300 04 Rougly 1 degree off, compared to where the sat really is, weird. I last observed Milstar 1 in my scope, on Apr 4. I sent Mike some obs, but seems they got lost, happened before. So I'll post them here, to be safe. 90023 04 776A 1775 G 20080404014109547 15 25 1211226-025200 37 S 90023 04 776A 1775 G 20080404014234298 15 25 1212583-024975 37 S 90023 04 776A 1775 G 20080404015901973 15 25 1229042-022892 37 S 90023 04 776A 1775 G 20080404021303203 15 25 1243060-021320 37 S Kevin 44.6062 N 75.6910 W __________________________________________________________________ Connect with friends from any web browser - no download required. Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger for the Web BETA at http://ca.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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