With these two elesets, I have two passes, at 8:30 and 10:00 PDT (3:30 and 5:00 UT) ish.. It may be too bright of a sky at 8:30, for what I am going to try, so we can assume I'll aim for the 10:00PM pass.. Plus my original goal is to catch NanoSailD in an eastern sky pass at 8:40 PDT. I'll try 8:30 for ORS-1 and we shall see. Therefore, if anyone sees it before then, PLEASE let me know and remember it may take a sledgehammer for me to realize you are talking about this object. ORS-1 works.. :-)) Derek -----Original Message----- From: seesat-l-bounces+breit_ideas=poyntsource.com@satobs.org [mailto:seesat-l-bounces+breit_ideas=poyntsource.com@satobs.org] On Behalf Of Ted Molczan Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 10:38 AM To: seesat-l@satobs.org Subject: RE: ORS-1 search elements Derek Breit has reported (off-list) a possible sighting near 2011 Aug 17 04:21:45 UTC, ~3 min early and more than 2 deg off track. Scott Tilley saw nothing while searching at about the same time, but he was much farther from the track. I searched near 01:19 UTC (-60 s to +180 s) and saw nothing. The track that Derek reported implies an improbably large error in the plane, so I have altered only the altitude to account for the early arrival: 1 73706U 11229.16972919 .00014985 00000-0 21617-3 0 02 2 73706 40.0000 201.5886 0000766 213.4824 146.5940 15.55036988 01 Increasing the RAAN to ~202.9 deg would better fit the observation. I recommend using the above (with either RAAN) in addition to the earlier search TLE: 1 73705U 11226.02477666 .00014884 00000-0 21617-3 0 00 2 73705 40.0000 221.0206 0001168 189.0849 170.9942 15.54853139 02 Happy hunting! Ted Molczan _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3840 - Release Date: 08/17/11 _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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