SB SAREX @ AMSAT $STS-78.032 STS-78 SAREX Bulletin #32 Silver Spring, Maryland USA July 5, 1996 @ 20:00 UTC Here is special information on space shuttle Columbia visual and audio opportunities during reentry for those in the west, southwest and south USA as provided by Gil Carman in Houston following this Post Trim 2 element set. Note that this set is to be used *after* July 6 13:34 UTC and before July 7 11:24 UTC. STS-78 1 23931U 96036A 96188.56273114 .00088752 00000-0 12713-3 0 9204 2 23931 39.0137 262.9147 0008808 117.6576 242.5299 16.07065411 2579 Satellite: STS-78 Catalog number: 23931 Epoch time: 96188.56273114 = yrday.fracday Element set: 920 Inclination: 39.0137 deg RA of node: 262.9147 deg Eccentricity: .0008808 Arg of perigee: 117.6576 deg Mean anomaly: 242.5299 deg Mean motion: 16.07065411 rev/day Decay rate: 8.87520E-04 rev/day^2 Epoch rev: 257 Checksum: 332 Launch: 20-Jun-1996 14:49:00.000 UTC STS-78 KSC Entry (landing on orbit 272) 7-Jul-1996 Notes at end. CITY TIME ELEV AZ ELSUN BOOM 1. San Francisco, CA 12:14:35 UTC 42.6 N ( 5.1) -6.7 5:43 2. Sunnyvale, CA 12:14:40 UTC 30.4 N ( 3.3) -6.6 7:34 3. Sacramento, CA 12:14:45 UTC 76.2 S (180.0) -5.6 4:00 4. Pine Grove, CA 12:15:01 UTC 78.2 N ( .0) -5.0 3:54 5. Bakersfield, CA 12:15:23 UTC 11.5 N ( 7.4) -5.7 17:17 6. Fresno, CA 12:15:11 UTC 22.2 N ( 6.8) -5.4 9:55 7. Los Angeles,CA 12:15:37 UTC 7.0 N ( 7.7) -5.8 24:27 8. Diamond Bar, CA 12:15:43 UTC 6.9 N ( 8.5) -5.6 24:34 9. Las Vegas, NV 12:16:14 UTC 22.0 N ( 11.2) -2.4 9:45 10. St. George, UT 12:16:32 UTC 60.6 N ( 9.5) -.9 4:14 11. Cedar City, UT 12:16:37 UTC 62.2 S (190.2) -.2 4:09 12. Parowan, UT 12:16:39 UTC 49.2 SSW (192.5) .1 4:50 13. Beaver, UT 12:16:39 UTC 33.0 SSW (194.1) .4 6:41 14. Panguitch, UT 12:16:44 UTC 46.2 SSW (197.0) .3 5:03 15. Fillmore, UT 12:16:40 UTC 19.2 SSW (195.5) .9 10:48 16. Salt Lake City, UT 12:16:38 UTC 8.2 SSW (194.8) 2.1 21:28 17. Nephi, UT 12:16:43 UTC 12.3 SSW (195.4) 1.7 15:41 18. Farmington, NM 12:17:46 UTC 51.2 SSW (199.3) 3.0 4:38 19. Durango, CO 12:17:47 UTC 28.2 SSW (199.9) 3.5 7:26 20. Socorro, NM 12:18:20 UTC 19.0 NNE ( 20.2) 2.9 10:28 21. Albuquerque, NM 12:18:21 UTC 40.4 NNE ( 22.0) 3.6 5:24 22. Santa Fe, NM 12:18:23 UTC 76.0 SSW (200.5) 4.3 3:37 23. Denver, CO 12:18:08 UTC 6.0 SSW (202.8) 6.6 25:22 24. Tucumcari, NM 12:18:57 UTC 59.0 SSW (204.8) 5.8 4:07 25. Amarillo, TX 12:19:25 UTC 30.4 SSW (203.3) 7.3 6:47 26. Clinton, OK 12:20:04 UTC 14.0 SSW (204.3) 9.7 13:11 27. Wichita Falls, TX 12:20:25 UTC 34.9 SSW (203.5) 9.6 5:50 28. Bertram, TX 12:20:55 UTC 14.1 NNE ( 17.9) 8.9 12:36 29. Oklahoma City, OK 12:20:28 UTC 11.2 SSW (204.0) 10.9 15:34 30. Fort Worth, TX 12:20:54 UTC 85.6 S (180.0) 10.2 3:18 31. Gainesville, TX 12:20:50 UTC 30.1 SSW (202.2) 10.6 6:30 32. Denton, TX 12:20:54 UTC 44.7 SSW (198.7) 10.5 4:40 33. Winfield, KS 12:20:19 UTC 5.3 SSW (205.7) 11.9 26:13 34. College Stn, TX 12:21:24 UTC 17.1 NNE ( 16.5) 10.3 10:28 35. Dallas, TX 12:21:15 UTC 81.4 NNE ( 31.8) 10.9 3:17 36. Tulsa, OK 12:20:46 UTC 6.9 SSW (204.2) 12.3 22:00 37. Paris, TX 12:21:15 UTC 20.5 SSW (201.6) 11.8 8:58 38. Tyler, TX 12:21:32 UTC 64.3 SSW (199.3) 11.7 3:32 39. Friendswood, TX 12:21:50 UTC 11.2 NNE ( 14.1) 10.9 14:40 40. JSC 12:21:52 UTC 11.5 NNE ( 14.5) 11.0 14:19 41. Shreveport, LA 12:22:00 UTC 32.3 SSW (197.4) 13.1 5:46 42. Ringgold, LA 12:22:10 UTC 34.2 SSW (198.7) 13.5 5:26 43. Jonesboro, LA 12:22:22 UTC 32.3 SSW (197.2) 13.9 5:38 44. Winnfield, LA 12:22:26 UTC 44.8 SSW (197.9) 13.9 4:17 45. Columbia, LA 12:22:37 UTC 31.7 SSW (193.8) 14.5 5:38 46. Baton Rouge, LA 12:23:07 UTC 36.9 N ( 9.7) 14.8 4:49 47. New Orleans, LA 12:23:34 UTC 25.7 N ( 8.1) 15.6 6:28 48. Birmingham, AL 12:24:56 UTC 7.6 S (183.3) 19.6 16:45 Notes: These times and elevations are at the point of closest approach (peak elevation) for each city. ELSUN is the Sun's elevation for that city at that time. BOOM is the estimated length of time (MIN:SEC) after closest approach when the sonic boom may be heard. However, it is unlikely that the boom can be heard if peak elevation is less than about 20 deg. The fireball and plasma trail should be visible in twilight over northern California and southwestern Utah, but will not be visible east of Utah because it will be in daylight then. Gil Carman, WA5NOM Submitted by (Pat Kilroy, WD8LAQ for) Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO for the SAREX Working Group /EX