On 2003 Dec 02 at 22:13 UTC, I observed the Centaur followed 22 s later by what I believe are two NOSS payloads. I did not see anything else +/- about 1 min, but the sky was bright, and I observed at 16 deg elevation, so I could have missed something. I obtained rough positional obs of the Centaur and the trailing NOSS, using reference stars 3 deg apart. The Centaur was 78 s late and about 1.6 deg off course, relative the search elset I posted earlier. The trailing NOSS was about 56 s later, and about 1,8 deg off course, relative the search elset. It appears that the RAAN of both planes may be too low by about 1 deg. I hope to get better points on my next passes. The sky is clear, but clouds are lurking in the area. Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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