More like 20:59 UTC at 65 deg alt below alpha Cephei. But the expected period for an orbit raise has started. I have long used 2h 45m as the supposed target separation of ascending node times 129/161. But as Ted showed in http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Jun-2004/0228.html the range was +2:37:09 to +2:48:44 in the last two years. I have tested an hypothesis that the time or longitude separation at 40N on the daylight pass was more indicative, but initial tests showed only slightly smaller range. But the 2+2 tested indicators do differ from each other on each occasion, because of orbit eccentricity and varying perigee locations. Today, the separation exceeds 2:38, and will reach 2:48 on Aug.29, so we can expect 129 to be about 2 minutes late one day after the reboost, and an additional +2.0 min/day. > >According to my prediction software USA 129 is due to make a high pass over >Devizes tonight at around 21:11 UTC. > >However my elements are 45 days old so I am uncertain of this. Does anyone >have more a more recent TLE for this sat? > >Bruce MacDonald >Devizes, Wiltshire, UK >COSPAR Site 2751 >51.3440 N 1.9849 W 125m (WGS84) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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