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IC2162 with satellite track. Taken 5Feb2002 at 10:15-10:25pm Pacific Standard
Time from Castro Valley, Ca. ( Lat=
37.718000, Long=-122.065000)
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Above image with satellite track prediction overlay.
from http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx532.html
- 1998-011A
- COMETS (COMmunications and broadcast Engineering Test) is a Japanese test
spacecraft that was launched by an H-2 rocket from Yoshinobu launch pad in
southern Japan at 07:55 UT. A malfunction in the second stage resulted in an
orbit well short of geostationary. It was designed to be a relaying
satellite between ground stations and orbiting satellites. Initial orbital
parameters were period 106.5 min, apogee 1,882 km, perigee 249 km, and
inclination 30.0 deg.
Configuration File for above simulation:
ic2162lt.cfg (download by
"right clicking", then "save target as")
