RE: USA 193 Observed

From: Ted Molczan (ssl2molcz@rogers.com)
Date: Tue Feb 19 2008 - 00:13:17 UTC

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    Kevin Mangis wrote:
    
    > Just saw USA 193 zip across the sky and right through Orion's 
    > belt.  It was close to where Heavens-Above said it would be, 
    > roughly 11 seconds or so late.  Hopefully my rough positional 
    > observation is helpful.  I am pretty sure the time is 
    > accurate to within 2 seconds -- I had to look down at my 
    > watch, which is synchronized daily with the atomic clock.  
    > After the observation I checked to make sure the 
    > synchronization was correct.
    > 
    > Location: 38.8729°N, 77.3071°W
    > 
    > Time of observation (EST):  18 Feb 2008, 18:21:56 (+/- 2 
    > seconds) Time of observation (UTC):  18 Feb 2008, 23:21:56 
    > (+/- 2 seconds)
    > 
    > Position:  2/3 of the way between Epsilon Orionis (Alnilam) 
    > and Delta Orionis (Mintaka) -- closest to Mintaka.
    
    Thank you for your observation. Here it is after reduction, and in IOD format:
    
    29651 06 057A   9999 G 20080218232156000 28 25 0533409-003600 48 S
    
    Object was 7 s late, and 0.31 deg above the track predicted by the elements I
    posted earlier. (Heavens-Above has the same set.)
    
    Ted Molczan
    
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