GLOBALSTAR, 6 Feb 2000, 21:26 UT Launch 1 99999P 0000XA 00038.66798723 -.00007082 00000-0 -33879-1 0 41 2 99999 52.0194 353.4931 0011062 270.1993 53.4000 13.92500000 98 Adjusted RAAN and mean anomaly to get close to the SECO 4 burnout location posted by Dan Deak. Readers must realize I only know the launch time to the minute so allow at least that much time uncertainty. Also I see on Florida Today that the earliest launch date is 9 Feb. I may not be available to generate a new elset so I nominate Dan to learn how to use ADJ2LINE to get a new elset. That software is available at: ftp://tie.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/dransom/software/ Look for adj0004.zip. Now for my insight as a world-renown rocket burn observer. Having seen four burn events last year, I still am skeptical that the "horn of plenty" is due to anything other than unburned propellants or other consummables. I do believe that the beginning and end of each burn can be detected by a faint plume...probably incomplete combustion. I do recommend the use of binoculars. I also suggest having a tape recorder available to accurately correlate observed events with prelaunch event times. Ron Lee ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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