Re: Accurate GEO Obs plus GEO UNID
Ron Lee (ronlee@pcisys.net)
Thu, 30 Oct 1997 22:05:08 -0700
UT times are on 31 Oct 97.
Ron
At 09:58 PM 10/30/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Observed six geosynch satellites tonight to get data for the
>SDP4 issue. Used Mike McCants ALLDAT file from 25 Oct 97
>(the current one on his web site)
>
>Name NORAD Time(UT) RA (HH:MM.M) Dec (DD:MM) (J2000)
>ACTS 22796 03:14:03.3 23:14.4 -06:11
>DBS 2 23192 03:17:28.7 23:14.6 -06:06
>DBS 3 23598 03:17:57.5 23:14.6 -06:06
>ASC 2 21227 03:18:18.2 23:14.6 -06:06
>DBS 1 22930 03:18:31.5 23:14.6 -06:06
>UNID xxxxx 03:19:35.1 23:14.6 -06:06
>
>The declination was not exactly the same (-06:06). Will have
>to get a better obs to 0.2 arcmin in Dec if required. Note the
>non DBS satellite (ASC 2) stuck between the DBS satellites.
>Must belong to the same folks.
>
>Could not ID the UNID geosynch in any of my elsets. If anyone
>else can, please advise.
>
>Ron Lee
>
>