Re: Misc

JAY RESPLER (jrespler@superlink.net)
Wed, 17 Mar 1999 01:08:44 -0500

Kevin Fetter wrote:
> I also did a photgraphic search last night for the us military
> communications satellite Milstar 1 (22988) which is parked at 120 west
> longitude using a search orbit by Mike McCants.

What were the results?

> I remember
> reading how one satellite observer had to do the calculations by hand,
> before the modern computer.

All observers did that unless you got predictions from the newspaper (my
preferred way).

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