USA 129 manoeuvre alert

From: Ted Molczan (molczan@rogers.com)
Date: Wed May 28 2003 - 13:59:00 EDT

  • Next message: Mir16609@aol.com: "Superbird A 29 May 2003 UTC"

    Arc 2003 May 19 - 28 UTC:
    
    USA 129         15.0  3.0  0.0  5.3 v
    1 24680U 96072A   03148.08262046  .00039284  00000-0  41555-3 0    00
    2 24680  97.8645 211.4835 0492057  72.4342 292.9993 14.84906565    05
    
    WRMS residuals = 0.01 deg
    
    Last night, USA 129's mean motion reached it highest value ever, 14.849 rev/d,
    per the above elements. In spring 2000, it performed a reboost manoeuvred
    within a day of reaching very nearly the same value; there were its pre and
    post manoeuvre elements:
    
    1 24680U 96072A   00117.84807680  .00031871  00000-0  42527-3 0    00
    2 24680  97.8916 181.7422 0471326 146.3342 216.8717 14.84895836    01
    
    1 24680U 96072A   00117.87513889  .00032965  00000-0  46276-3 0    08
    2 24680  97.8967 181.7705 0519878 146.9356   0.7530 14.73668030    02
    
    At this time of the year, USA 129 is in twilight for observers north of about
    latitude 50 deg, but is well placed for observation a bit further south.
    
    Cloud is forecast here for tonight.
    
    Ted Molczan
    
    
    -----------------------------------------------------------------
    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
    



    This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Wed May 28 2003 - 14:04:32 EDT