A couple of nice passes
Walter Nissen (dk058@cleveland.Freenet.Edu)
Wed, 22 Sep 1999 21:02:11 -0400 (EDT)
I just caught 2 interesting, nice passes. First, Lacrosse 2 looking for
all the world far bigger, i.e., much more extended, than Altair. Then a
fairly low and fast object as it nears decay. It reached about magnitude
2 while culminating halfway up in the East.
Here is the QuickSat output:
H M S Tim Al Azi C Dir Mag Dys F Hgt Shd Rng EW Phs R A Dec
21147 Lacrosse 2 18.0 4.5 1.7 c 2.0
0 7 43 .1 86 241 C 267 1.8 9 2 670 600 671 2.0 84 1825 38.9
24972 PSLV 1C R/B 11
0 26 47 .7 47 99 C 88 18.3 6 2 311 94 414 2.4 35 2210 23.5
You'll need to have a current elset for this latter one as it penetrates
the atmosphere further and further, becoming harder and harder to predict
accurately. Check out, e.g., select.tle at Alan Pickup's site:
http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/.
Cheers.
Walter Nissen dk058@cleveland.freenet.edu
-81.8637, 41.3735, 256 m elevation
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IRS-1D r 3.0 1.0 0.0 7.4 d 10.8 409 x 255 km
1 24972U 97057B 99265.55120368 .00216973 17921-4 75014-3 0 5766
2 24972 98.6400 101.2944 0114654 70.4557 290.9052 15.79567731110317
Lacrosse 2 18.0 4.5 0.0 3.6 v 20
1 21147U 91017 A 99256.92765860 .00000490 00000-0 82323-4 0 7349
2 21147 68.0025 145.4918 0004399 85.4041 274.6462 14.69545220 06
P.S. Oh, yeah, 24972 seems to have a variety of names. Check out the
catalog # or COSPAR ID.