... but I have clouds coming in for several days. Checking the predicted pass time lag of USA 161 (using 05006 epoch) from USA 129, I find an unprecedented 1:59 today (Mar.09). Their MM's would be near 14.738 (161) and 14.733 (129), so it would take another three weeks before a minimum of <1:55! Usually, the size of reboosts place the minimum near 2:15. If OTOH 161's MM was reduced by about 0.0025 around Jan.02, it would now be closer to 14.735, and 2:15 behind today, for a minimum of 2:13 within ten days. This would also make the lag at the recent USA 129 reboost 2:41 instead of 2:35 on Feb.03 (more like normal procedure) and even explain the two minute "delay" in Rod Austin's obs: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Jan-2005/0116.html Note that Ted concluded that such a small maneouvre could not explain the cross-track discrepancy: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Jan-2005/0128.html A (slightly) larger reboost can move the minimum closer in date, or even into the past, and still make the Feb.03 lag reasonable. But if the minimum is to be kept near 2:15, it would have to have been much later than Jan.02, and not explain Rod's obs. Still, over the whole range of +- three weeks from today of a 2:15 minimum, USA 161 would not be more than 2:21 behind USA 129. Suggested search elset: USA 161 068 1 26934U 01044A 05068.79175879 .00001700 00000-0 97767-4 0 17 2 26934 97.8920 179.6947 0345753 3.9192 356.4599 14.73530222 9150 (Description of 2-line elements: http://www.satobs.org/element.html) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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