RE: Re-entry over central US?

From: Sean Sullivan via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 23:26:57 -0400 (EDT)
You're right, the motion would be retrograde, not prograde.  Inclination 
111 seems high (not common), it wouldn't surprise me if the positional 
error was large enough to allow for something in a sun-sync orbit.


On Sun, 27 Sep 2015, Ted Molczan via Seesat-l wrote:

> Sean Sullivan wrote:
>
>> Not with anything resembling accuracy.  I was unfortunately distracted by
>> having a camera in my hand (set for the eclipse) and trying to reconfigure
>> it in the dark.  I got a few photos and one video, but looking back at
>> them, not good quality.  But I'll take a shot:  from 0h45 +48 to 19h45m
>> -4.
>
> That yields roughly 111 deg inclination and 111 deg RAAN.
>
> Ted Molczan
>
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