Many thanks Ted. I spent over three hours on "tether watch " last night , with what would have been amazingly clear skies , had it not been for the wash out caused by the bright Moon ! Typical ! However the search elements should at least help to narrow down the time slots. Having said that , I'm now clouded in again. It seems ridiculous to me that having spent so much time developing and launching the experiment , so little attention is being given to visual obs , which in this instance could reveal so much information about the cause of the problem. There is little further on the YES2 site, so I guess we must simply keep our eyes peeled. John UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Molczan" <ssl2molcz@rogers.com> To: <seesat-l@satobs.org> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 4:32 PM Subject: YES2 search elements >I concocted the following search elements based upon the sketchy >information > available: > > - an Itar-Tass news report that the tether was cut on 2007 Sep 25, about > 11:20 > Moscow Time. > > - a YES2 report that re-entry "is to be expected in 4-11 days": > > http://www.yes2.info/node/128 > > These elements do not take into account any orbital dynamics related to > the > severing of the tether. > > 4 day decay > 1 70000U 07268.30600000 .01600000 00000-0 26322-2 0 06 > 2 70000 62.9000 148.4000 0020000 52.0000 259.0000 16.02300000 00 > > 11 day decay > 1 70000U 07268.30600001 .00600000 00000-0 98706-3 0 02 > 2 70000 62.9000 148.4000 0020000 52.0000 259.0000 16.02300000 00 > > I suggest bracketing searches between the times/tracks predicted by the > above, > but it would not hurt to extend somewhat before and after. > > I believe that there is a definite slim chance that the above are > sufficiently > accurate to locate the object. > > Happy hunting! > Ted Molczan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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