UNKNOWN 'MOLNIYA' CLASS SAT OBS.

JAY RESPLER (jrespler@superlink.net)
Thu, 18 Mar 1999 23:20:09 -0500

Using these elements from here on SeeSat, I was able to find this
recently discovered sat.

HIGHFLY PREDICTION:
   40.281  74.235  129.   JAY RESPLER E9h W20h     1950 13.0  8
*** 1999 Mar 18/19   Thu evening/Fri morning  *** Times are EST 
Hrs Min  Azi  El  Mag    Hgt    R  A    Dec  Range
99008 !unknMol                    M 3.5 ELDY  6 M2    0
 20   4   57  35 11.1  15917  12 59.9  45.2  17348
 20   6   57  35 11.2  16075  13  1.9  45.6  17499

Observed at:
 20 5 44 @ 13h 1m 47.6  +45:36:48  mg10.2

St yr mo dy hr mn  sec RaH min    dec  epch Sat-Name
 5 99 03 19 01 05 44.0  13 01.8 +45.61 1950 

unknMol
1 99008U 99042GTO 99072.000000    .00000000  00000-0  28429+0 0    09
2 99008  63.0668 148.8007 6919405 271.5614  24.0001  2.00611692    00

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