Using the following elements posted on Seesat by Ron Lee and Ted Molczan, and
taking the second set to be the Shenzhou rocket...
Shenzhou 4 5.0 2.0 0.0 5.0 d 10 337 x 331 km
1 27630U 02061A 02365.84188149 -.00150916 00000-0 -84753-3 0 126
2 27630 42.4030 326.7807 0004452 180.1751 270.4674 15.78654533 348
SZ-4 rk
1 27630U 02061A 02364.38854632 .00779380 82659-5 57683-3 0 50
2 27630 42.4073 335.6309 0099754 134.9968 2.7393 16.04294545 119
I got the following Quicksat predictions....
39.877 105.391 8950 Coal Creek Canyon, CO 2000 14.5 5 F F F T F
H M S Tim Al AziC Dir Mag Dys F Hgt Shd Rng R A Dec
2003 Jan 2 ThuUT040 1329
0 55 50 .2 34 154C 270 2.7 1 6 213 107 360 2 6-12.4 Shenzhou 4
1 10 41 .5 35 188 290 3.3 3 7 161 39 271 028-15.0 SZ-4 rk
With partly cloudy skies and light snow, I was able to see both objects within
a minute of the predicted times.
Shenzhou 4 was a steady magnitude 3, while the rocket (I presume) appeared in
the southwest at magnitude 3, and brightened to magnitude 0.5 before it
disappeared into the Earth's shadow.
Cheers, Rich Keen, Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado, USA (39.877N, 105.391W,
elevation 2728m)
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