Re: PPAS Sputnik 3 rk

From: Bram Dorreman (bram.dorreman@skynet.be)
Date: Tue Jan 28 2003 - 17:08:08 EST

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    Björn,
    
    This is phantastic. There were no observations of this object in the PPAS as
    far I briefly checked.
    Thanks for these "historic" observations.
    
    Bram Dorreman, PPAS collector.
    
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Björn Gimle <b_gimle@algonet.se>
    To: PPAS <ppas@satobs.org>; SeeSat-L@satobs.org <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>
    Cc: Mike Waterman <Mike.Waterman@marconi.com>; Pierre Neirinck
    <Pierre-Neirinck@wanadoo.fr>
    Date: dinsdag 28 januari 2003 19:48
    Subject: PPAS Sputnik 3 rk
    
    
    >58- 07 A 58-07-07 22:18:07.9 PN   48.3 0.3   6 8.05   AA, photo
    >58- 07 A 58-07-08 22:29:50.3 PN   40.6 0.3   5 8.1    AA, photo
    >58- 07 A 58-07-31 22:26:59.5 BJG  34.7 0.3   4 8.7    AA, photo
    >
    >Obtained by overlaying onto scanned, scaled and rotated photos
    >transparent SkyMap predictions from these Mike Waterman elsets:
    >
    >Sputnik 3 rk 58Jul09
    >1 00007U          58190.86324000  .00000000                        01
    >2 00007  65.1500 229.8200 0991000  38.7000 328.0041 13.88790000  7658
    >Sputnik 3 rk 58Jul31
    >1 00007U          58212.87549000  .00000000                        06
    >2 00007  65.1400 171.3500 0939000  29.6000 335.4042 14.01560000 10728
    >
    >These were the ones best matching our photos.
    >The absolute end times are only accurate to about 30 s, which was the
    >approximate spread of consecutive elsets (1-2 days off)
    >
    >
    >-- bjorn.gimle@tietotech.se (office)                         --
    >-- b_gimle@algonet.se (home)  http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle --
    >-- COSPAR 5919, MALMA,    59.2576 N, 18.6172 E, 23 m         --
    >-- COSPAR 5918, HAMMARBY, 59.2985 N, 18.1045 E, 44 m         --
    >
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