I was able to observe RadioAstron last night from about 12:30 AM until about 12:50 AM CDT. It was very bright at a range of 20,000 miles. I estimated magnitude 10 or so. It was very close to on time and on track. However, I discovered today that my tle could not be used with a "normal" prediction program that would use the SDP4 algorithm. My tle was compatible with the SGP4 algorithm, not the SDP4 algorithm. Mike McCants Austin, TX _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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