USA 69r (21148) MIA?

J. Donald Gardner (fn470@cleveland.Freenet.Edu)
Thu, 1 Jan 1998 21:10:44 -0500 (EST)

USA 69 (21147 91017A) and USA 69r (21148 91017B) were supposed to
pass between Altair and the Delphinus 2 minutes apart this evening
using the following elsets:

USA 69 r                                         453 x 362
1 21148U 91017B   97347.25322987  .00022500  00000-0  32388-3 0    01
2 21148  67.9780  43.0088 0067000 183.4440 176.5560 15.53105488    05
USA 69                                           670 x 661
1 21147U 91017A   97347.20275769  .00000100  00000-0  17143-4 0    05
2 21147  67.9910  33.1961 0006000 257.4521 102.5479 14.68651098    00

USA 69 passed at 18:03 EST (23:03 UT), right on schedule.  USA 69r
was supposed to pass at 18:05 EST (23:05 UT) but it was a no-show.
I scanned between Altair and Delphinus until 18:09 but did not
observe anything.

Has anyone seen it lately?

--
Don Gardner
  
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