On Nov 23 at 14:19 utc, a proton rocket will liftoff with the Eutelsat W7 satellite. I was looking at the predicted orbit, and the satellite would be releases into a similar orbit, as nimiq 5 was. Nimiq 5 was launched at 19:19 utc on Sept 17. So I took a orbit for the apt from the nimiq 5 launch = Sept 23 19:19 utc, and for fun made a search orbit for it, for the upcoming launch. I got the result of APT 1 35875U 09050C 09334.49517374 -.00000206 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 00021 2 35875 049.3783 282.9147 6069810 358.2712 081.4363 03.88684669000269 I use the the orbit from the nimiq 5 launch for the APT, that had a epoch of 09267.70350708 to get the above. Now to try and observe it, if the weather cooperates, a few hours after launch. Naturally will start before and wait after the predicted time off pass, to allow for error's. Kevin __________________________________________________________________ The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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