On 7/10/2012 9:59 PM, Ted Molczan wrote: > Kevin Fetter wrote: > >> While scanning the sky, I noticed a faint fast moving object. >> >> I followed it for as long as possible. >> >> 2 obs and rough orbit >> >> 99999 99 999A 1775 G 20120711030211646 15 25 1835681+110650 37 S >> 99999 99 999A 1775 G 20120711030223258 15 25 1834490+162168 37 S >> >> UNID >> 1 99999 12193.12665808 0.00000239 00000-0 50000-4 0 04 >> 2 99999 98.7169 269.9616 0012196 302.9560 99.1057 14.59900686 04 > It correlates with either Elisa E24 (11076B / 38008) or Elisa E12 (11076D / 38010). > > I suggest slightly different elements: > > 1 99999U 12193.11866146 .00000238 00000-0 50000-4 0 09 > 2 99999 98.2700 269.5520 0012196 302.9806 57.0221 14.59677147 07 > > The four Elisa satellites have dimensions 0.8 m x 0.6 m x 0.6 m, and mass 130 kg. > > Estimated visual magnitude at the time of Kevin's observations, based on dimensions, is mag 8 +/-2. > > Ted Molczan > > Hi Ted I capture both of what I believe to be the Elisa s/c based on your and Kevin's work, 99901 being the first seen and 99902 the second: 99901 99 901A 8049 G 20120710062112966 15 25 1653692+390197 37 S 99902 99 902A 8049 G 20120710062112966 15 25 1651880+385926 37 S Time may be abit out +/- 0.1 seconds as GPS was not locked. Regards, Scott Tilley ROBERTS CREEK 1: 8049 ST 49.4348 -123.6685 40. Scott Tilley ROBERTS CREEK 2: 8048 ST 49.4175 -123.6420 1. Scott Tilley _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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