sterner@warper.jhuapl.edu (Ray Sterner) (02/08/91)
The CRRES hot-line (205-544-5356) at 4:50 pm EST Thu 7 Feb, 1991 gave the following information. There will be two releases in February, a high altitude barium release and a high altitude lithium release. All times below are Central Standard Time (as given on the hot-line). The possible release times are: 9 Feb 8:00 pm to 12:00 am at 30 min intervals. 11 Feb 9:15 pm to 1:15 am at 30 min intervals. 13 Feb 10:30 pm to 2:30 am at 30 min intervals. 16 Feb 9:00 pm to 11:30 am at 30 min intervals. 18 Feb 11:20 pm, 11:50 pm, 12:20 am, 12:40 am. The hot-line stated that moonlight was considered in selecting the intervals late in the month. Unfortunately there are too many possible release times (37) to allow posting of the release altazimuths as I did for early releases. All I can suggest is that you call the hot-line closer to the release time to get the latest times. Also make sure you convert the times from Central Standard Time to your time zone. I would like to thank Mike McCants for sending me a CRRES orbital calculation for the earlier releases, perhaps if Mike or somebody else posts the sub-satellite latitude and longitude and satellite altitude for the possible release times those of you that have the program I posted in January can compute altazimuths for your location. Ray Sterner sterner%str.decnet@warper.jhuapl.edu Johns Hopkins University North latitude 39.16 degrees. Applied Physics Laboratory West longitude 76.90 degrees. Laurel, MD 20723-6099