Excellent pass with separation of about two minutes is predicted for New Zealand this evening our time commencing 0649 UTC. I will probably be clouded out but if there are other observers elsewhere in the country on this list they might want to take a look. Robert Wainuiomata New Zealand. On 13 Jul 2017 04:16, "Marco Langbroek via Seesat-l" <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Tomorrow afternoon, USA 276 will again make a series of close approaches > to the > ISS, perhaps to as close as 24 km. > > The following predictions are based on this elset: > > USA 276 > 1 42689U 17022A 17190.03474342 0.00004845 00000-0 65965-4 0 05 > 2 42689 50.0454 286.7139 0019557 288.5093 71.3751 15.56610866 05 > > ...which I constructed from Alberto Rango's recent observations. > > Close approaches to within 500 km: > > DATE UT KM > 7/13/2017 00:35:52 476.7 > 7/13/2017 01:24:02 480.8 > 7/13/2017 02:08:26 405.2 > 7/13/2017 02:56:18 409.8 > 7/13/2017 03:41:01 333.7 > 7/13/2017 04:28:35 338.8 > 7/13/2017 05:13:36 262.2 > 7/13/2017 06:00:53 267.8 > 7/13/2017 06:46:10 190.6 > 7/13/2017 07:33:11 196.8 > 7/13/2017 08:18:45 119.1 > 7/13/2017 09:05:30 126.1 > 7/13/2017 09:51:20 47.6 > 7/13/2017 10:37:49 56.2 > 7/13/2017 11:23:55 24.1 > 7/13/2017 12:10:08 23.7 > 7/13/2017 12:56:30 95.6 > 7/13/2017 13:42:28 90.0 > 7/13/2017 14:29:05 167.2 > 7/13/2017 15:14:49 160.5 > 7/13/2017 16:01:40 238.7 > 7/13/2017 16:47:09 231.5 > 7/13/2017 17:34:15 310.3 > 7/13/2017 18:19:31 302.6 > 7/13/2017 19:06:50 381.9 > 7/13/2017 19:51:52 373.7 > 7/13/2017 20:39:25 453.5 > 7/13/2017 21:24:14 444.9 > > There is some leeway in both time and approach distance, which can have an > error > up to a factor 2. > > European observers might be able to spot ISS and USA 276 simultaniously in > the > sky in the early morning of the coming night 12-13 July. > > - Marco > > > > ----- > Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. > e-mail: sattrackcam_at_langbroek.org > > Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL > Cospar 4355 (Cronesteyn): 52.13878 N, 4.49937 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL > Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com > Twitter: _at_Marco_Langbroek > ----- > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Thu Jul 13 2017 - 10:43:37 UTC
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