GPS IIF12 was launched on time at 13:38UTC today. Here is an estimated transfer orbit: 1 84001U 16900A 16036.70538155 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 02 2 84001 54.9889 240.6721 6029017 96.1467 180.1187 4.05702263 03 At 16:55UTC the Centaur upper stage will reach apogee and perform the circularization burn, with separation around 17:01UTC. Observers in Australia and New Zealand are well placed to view the circularization burn, spacecraft separation and most likely the fueldump of the Centaur upper stage. A similar observation, though from a Delta IV upperstage, was observed with the GPS IIF05 launch: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.nl/2014/02/mystery-object-in-alaska-sky-night-feb.html Regards, Cees _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Fri Feb 05 2016 - 07:50:17 UTC
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