Yestrday I was looking for milstar 6, and at the time given nothing appeared. So I waited a few minutes after and appeared a bright geo sat. I took one of mike's orbits and fooled around with it to get an very very approx orbit. Tonight, I found the sat again, within I would guess 30 seconds and 1/2 degree of where my not proper orbit said to look for it. I adjusted it for so far tonight's obs. Note I din't do it the proper way, I dont care. I found it tonight using my non proper way, so I am happy. Here's the predicted orbit for what appears to be milstar 6. When I found it last night, I was hoping it was an older one called milstar 4. But looks more like milstar 6 :( Milstar 4 was reported to be positioned near 90 degrees west, someone what close to the one I cam currently tracking. But It's could be milstar 6. But at least I know where to see a milstar, I am happy about that at least. But it would be nice of it is milstar 4. Anyways here's my non proper orbit. I hope you can spot it with it Note I have called it milstar 4, so pay no attention to the name. MILSTAR 4 8.0 3.0 0.0 4.0 v 1 26715U 01009A 03119.44171492 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 00 2 26715 4.4500 286.1457 0014000 90.3461 269.6539 1.00273226 00 I try to make positional measurements tonight, but I am not very good at it. I tried it before, what a pain it was at the time. Kevin _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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