Just observed some part of Phobos-Grunt about 2 minutes early - passed a point at 09:24:40 when expecting it at 09:26:30 (from pre launch TLEs) Bright flares a couple of times - noted a close pass of a star - will have to go through a voice recording to work out precise time. Paul Salanitri On 09/11/2011, at 18:49, "satrack@libero.it" <satrack@libero.it> wrote: > I've updated the site to use the LEO parking orbit. Maybe this helps in the > attempt to find it. > DEC, RA and Magnitude are still displayed. > > http://digilander.libero.it/SATrack/Phobos.html?q=phobos > > Regards, > Simone > >> ----Messaggio originale---- >> Da: ssl3molcz@rogers.com >> Data: 9-nov-2011 1.05 >> A: <seesat-l@satobs.org> >> Ogg: Phobos-Grunt - serious problem reported >> >> I have just received word from the project that there seems to be a serious > problem. >> >> After the planned first burn of the engine, the spacecraft was not found in > the predicted orbit. Alternative radar >> observations preliminarily show that there are two objects in the orbit with > parameters the same as before the planned >> engine burn. Observers are requested to attempt to discover the spacecraft in > the initial LEO parking orbit. >> >> This is the official pre-launch estimated TLE of the LEO parking orbit: >> >> 1 55500U 11000A 11312.95486111 -.00010748 00000-0 -11606-4 0 14 >> 2 55500 51.4279 0.6058 0106375 25.7555 298.8256 15.98414689 33 >> >> I imagine that one of the two objects seen on the radar could be the final > stage of the booster. Accurate descriptions >> and counts of the number of objects seen, as well as position and time would > be useful. >> >> Ted Molczan >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Seesat-l mailing list >> http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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