Having a bit of time yesterday, I gathered up some of the information concerning the USA-193 intercept and put it into http://tinyurl.com/2vwdoy together with some basic analysis. If anyone here wants to check it or provide additional information, please do, off-list if that seems best. The basic results are: Launch time of the interceptor: 03:26:47.5 21 Feb 2008 UTC Launch position of the interceptor: 23.482 N, 163.282 W Approximate time of intercept: 03:29:37 Approximate position of intercept: 21.15 N, 163.76 W, 249 km altitude P.S.: I learned this morning that Dr. Kelso has done a similar analysis: http://celestrak.com/events/usa-193.asp ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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