Sorry, let's make that 7 degrees shift WEST in azimuth from 0505 to 0511 on 2007 Apr 28 Looking at an inverted chart for my scope, sorry. DL Hi Dan- We have been using the latest TLE's from Space-Track to point the dish, and they have always worked. The dish has a really tight beam (only about 10 km wide at MAST's orbit), so the TLE's must be pretty good. Space Command also reports that their high-precision classified TLE's for MAST give very good prediction of its motion. thanks, Rob -----Original Message----- From: djlaszlo@aol.com To: SeeSat-L@satobs.org Cc: information@tethers.com Sent: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 6:38 PM Subject: Re: MAST : No Show Hi All, I am using Starry Night to project the orbit of MAST based on Heavens Above's TLE. H-A pass is about 0508 UT. When I compare the tracks between 0505 UT and 0511, there is a 7 degree shift in the path, east in azimuth. If the tether is deployed, is it likely the drag has caused a lower orbit and even earlier arrival than minus 4 minutes? Cheers, Dan Laszlo Ft Collins 40d 29m 58s N 105d 05m 25s W 4852 ft -----Original Message----- From: john@satcom.freeserve.co.uk To: SeeSat-L@satobs.org Cc: information@tethers.com Sent: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 5:01 PM Subject: Re: MAST : No Show Still no sign of MAST Tonight I used a 4.5 degree FOV , 7 second exposures using Eta Leo as a guide star. These settings , despite the bright Moon gave me mag 8 or better........but , still no sign of MAST at 23:33:35 local . John Wirral UK ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html\\\\ ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. =0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html\\ ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. =0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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