USA 129 had not manoeuvred as of my observation on 2001 May 08 at about 02:00 UTC. The sky condition was bad, but I did manage to time USA 129's appulse of 40 Her: 24680 96 072A 2701 B 20010508020033660 17 25 1641670+313200 68 S Site 2701: 43.68764 N, 79.39243 W, 230 m The object was running about 0.9 s late relative Mike McCants' latest elements: USA 129 15.0 3.0 0.0 5.1 v 1 24680U 96072A 01126.86200273 .00031500 00000-0 41488-3 0 02 2 24680 97.8242 189.7216 0478500 5.4746 354.5253 14.83643097 00 My appulse timing is accurate, but the co-ordinates are rough. I plotted the appulse path in Uranometria 2000, as predicted by the above elements, and read the approximate appulse co-ordinates directly. I believe that the major re-boost manoeuvre is likely to occur late today (May 08 UTC) or sometime the following day. Both USA 129 and its sister, USA 116 (95066A / 23728) would manoeuvre within hours of one another. It is raining here now, and I doubt that the sky will clear for my 96072A pass on 2001 May 09 at 02:16 UTC. I am a bit more optimistic for my two USA 116 passes several hours later. Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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