SATOBS ML (4353), 12 Mar 2008: USA 129, 186, NOSS 3-4, 2-3

From: Marco Langbroek (marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl)
Date: Wed Mar 12 2008 - 21:54:56 UTC

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    Obs ML Leiden (Cospar 4353), VISUAL:
    
    31701 07 027A   4353 G 20080312185700840 17 75 1108532+575610 36 S
    31708 07 027C   4353 G 20080312185706330 17 75 1107159+571930 36 S
    31702 07 027B   4353 G 20080312190457310 17 75 1513514+783920 16 S
    23908 96 029C   4353 G 20080312191700840 17 75 0626063+223220 36 S
    23936 96 029E   4353 G 20080312191707090 17 75 0626213+215050 36 S
    23862 96 029D   4353 G 20080312191824840 17 75 0623368+225000 36 S
    24680 96 072A   4353 G 20080312200658680 17 75 0822252+323990 36 S
    24680 96 072A   4353 G 20080312200701410 17 75 0821122+338610 46 S
    28888 05 042A   4353 G 20080312201727710 17 75 1056339+549080 46 S
    28888 05 042A   4353 G 20080312201745060 17 75 1112293+611610 36 S
    
    CAMERA:
    
    24680 96 072A   4353 G 20080312200640800 17 75 0828274+235090 56
    24680 96 072A   4353 G 20080312200651500 17 75 0825043+287130 56
    
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    Method: Meade ETX-70 (7cm/F5) @ 14x magnification, stopwatch and Molczan's
    Obsreduce software. Time ref: DCF-77 radio controlled clock
    
    What these numbers mean:
    http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html
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    After a strong gale in daytime, the sky cleared in the evening, although fields 
    of clouds still came and went. A near first quarter moon in the sky, but no 
    nuisance.
    
    Note: I might have been a tad fast while clocking 07-027C.
    
    96-072A was 0.5s early, 05-042A 0.5s late, 07-027A on-time, 07-027C perhaps some 
    0.3s early, and the rocket 07-027B was 1.6s late. The 96-029 C & D components 
    were 0.4s early, the E component 0.2s early.
    
    Flares: 05-042A flared brightly between 20:17:10 and 20:17:20 UTC. The flare was 
    captured photographically. 96-072A was bright while ascending in the south and 
    captured on photograph as a nice clear trail yielding two photographic points. 
    Visual and photographic points on 96-072A agree well.
    
    - Marco
    
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    Dr Marco Langbroek  -  SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands.
    e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl
    
    Cospar 4353 (Leiden):   52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL
    Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL
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