SATOBS ML (4353), 17 May 2014: USA 224

From: Marco Langbroek via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 00:30:40 +0200
Obs SatTrackCam Leiden (Cospar 4353):

37348 11 002A   4353 G 20140517000542250 17 75 1612427+184420 56
37348 11 002A   4353 G 20140517000552250 17 75 1608350+223320 56
37348 11 002A   4353 G 20140517000602250 17 75 1603583+264250 56
37348 11 002A   4353 G 20140517000612250 17 75 1558386+307850 56

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Canon EOS 60D + EF 50/2.5 Macro @ 2.8, 800 ISO + ASTRORECORD astrometric software.
What these numbers mean: http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html
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Prior to an attempt to see GPS IIF-6 20 minutes after launch, I targetted USA 
224 which was recovered by Russell on May 9.

It was 2.5s late and 0.05 deg x-track relative to Mike's 3-day old elset 
14133.95099635.

I might have seen an object related to the GPS II-F6 launch near 00:24:00 UT, 
about 15-20 degrees x-track from predicted elsets by Mike Waterman and Jon 
Mikkel. It was bright (mag +1 to 0) passing a few degrees west ("right") of 
Altair. When I first saw it it was descending over the roof and I had no time to 
capture it on photograph. No known object matches the observed track.

- Marco


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Dr Marco Langbroek  -  SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands.
e-mail: sattrackcam_at_langbroek.org

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
Cospar 4355 (Cronesteyn): 52.13878 N, 4.49937 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL
Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com
Twitter: @Marco_Langbroek
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