22771 (1999 CU3) Planning

Background 

22771 (1999 CU3) was discovered by LINEAR on February 10, 1999.
Arecibo obsevations in 2001 revealed that 1999 CU3 is a highly elongated and
irregularly-shaped object that rotates about once every four hours.  

There are no lightcurves available for this object, but it will be well-positioned 
for photometry and vis-IR spectroscopy September and October, so it 
is possible that the rotation period and taxonomic class 
may become known shortly after the radar tracks.

Goldstone obsevations are scheduled on five days between September 15-22.  
Arecibo observations scheduled for September 10-12 have been successful and have already
improved the orbit.  Consequently, we will start
the Goldstone observations with an excellent orbit.  The combined Goldstone and Arecibo 
observations should provide good sky coverage on the object, which could be important for 
constraining its pole direction (which is unknown).  Due to the asteroid's rapid motion 
northward in declination, it is not observable at Arecibo during the Goldstone tracks.

Arecibo collages are available at:

Sep. 10 Arecibo images
Sep. 11 Arecibo images
Sep. 12 Arecibo images

A photometric campaign will be undertaken in late September and October at Elginfield 
Observatory (near London, Ontario, Canada) by Prof. Peter Brown (University of Western 
Ontario) and at Ondrejov Observatory (Czech Republic) by Petr Pravec.


Orbital and Physical Characteristics
 orbit type               Apollo   
 semimajor axis           1.577 AU     
 eccentricity             0.525        
 inclination             11.40°       
 perihelion distance      0.749 AU     
 aphelion distance        2.404 AU     
 absolute magnitude (H)  16.5
 diameter                 1.0 to 3.0 km 
 rotation period          roughly 4 hours
 pole direction           unknown
 lightcurve amplitude     unknown
 spectral class           unknown      

Last updated: 2003 September 23

Discovery

 

Discovery Announcement


M.P.E.C. 1999-C24                                Issued 1999 Feb. 11, 23:24 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
   on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

             BMARSDEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or GWILLIAMS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
          URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   1999 CU3

Observations:
     J99C03U* C1999 02 10.30801 09 43 31.34 +21 14 36.9          19.0        704
     J99C03U  C1999 02 10.32906 09 43 28.69 +21 14 43.9          19.1        704
     J99C03U  C1999 02 10.35016 09 43 25.95 +21 14 49.4          19.3        704
     J99C03U  C1999 02 10.37111 09 43 23.28 +21 14 56.1          19.7        704
     J99C03U  C1999 02 10.98395 09 42 08.00 +21 17 52.9                      557
     J99C03U  C1999 02 10.98627 09 42 07.71 +21 17 53.6                      557
     J99C03U  C1999 02 11.19085 09 41 42.86 +21 18 54.2          18.8        704
     J99C03U  C1999 02 11.20125 09 41 41.57 +21 18 59.0          19.1        704
     J99C03U  C1999 02 11.22207 09 41 38.86 +21 19 04.0          18.7        704
     J99C03U  C1999 02 11.90152 09 40 14.14 +21 22 13.7                      557
     J99C03U  C1999 02 11.90384 09 40 13.89 +21 22 14.3                      557
     J99C03U  C1999 02 11.90617 09 40 13.57 +21 22 15.2                      557
     J99C03U  C1999 02 11.90850 09 40 13.24 +21 22 15.8                      557

Observer details:
557 Ondrejov.  Observer P. Pravec.  0.65-m f/3.6 reflector + CCD.
704 Lincoln Laboratory ETS, New Mexico.  Observers M. Blythe, F. Shelly,
    M. Bezpalko.  Measurers J. Stuart, H. Viggh, R. Sayer.  1.0-m f/2.15
    reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1999 CU3
Epoch 1999 Feb. 11.0 TT = JDT 2451220.5                 Williams
M 252.25829              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.56331179     Peri.  293.18682     +0.16421219     +0.98597397
a   1.4520118      Node   346.16496     -0.85328318     +0.12681151
e   0.3288936      Incl.    7.16549     -0.49491632     +0.10850888
P   1.75           H   17.4           G   0.15
From 13 observations 1999 Feb. 10-11.

Ephemeris:
1999 CU3                 a,e,i = 1.45, 0.33, 7                   q = 0.9745
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1999 02 11    09 42.10   +21 18.0    0.732    1.715   172.8     4.1    18.3
1999 02 16    09 31.57   +21 39.5    0.718    1.698   169.1     6.3    18.3
.
.
.
2000 01 07    23 38.87   +03 33.0    1.516    1.509    70.7    37.9    20.7
2000 01 17    00 04.12   +06 23.9    1.637    1.553    67.4    35.8    20.9
2000 01 27    00 28.59   +09 04.8    1.760    1.595    63.9    33.7    21.0
2000 02 06    00 52.53   +11 36.0    1.882    1.634    60.2    31.6    21.2

Gareth V. Williams           (C) Copyright 1999 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1999-C24

SNR Calculation

 

Target Name:    1999CU3
HMag:           -16.7
Diameter:       1.445
Period:         4

                           ------------GOLDSTONE----------  -------------ARECIBO-----------
                                            Max                              Max
                                    Dat     Run    UTC               Dat     Run    UTC
    Date   RA  Decl Delta  Runs     SNR     SNR   Window    Runs     SNR     SNR   Window
2003  9  3 176  -1  0.149    90       9       1 16:30-25:06   10      92      31 17:00-17:48
2003  9  4 176   1  0.141    96      12       1 16:18-25:06   15     158      45 16:41-18:00
2003  9  5 176   3  0.132   103      15       2 16:11-25:06   19     248      65 16:30-18:06
2003  9  6 176   5  0.124   110      19       2 16:06-25:11   23     366      84 16:18-18:11
2003  9  7 177   7  0.116   147      28       3 15:54-25:11   34     574     106 16:06-18:18
2003  9  8 177  10  0.109   160      38       3 15:41-25:18   39     793     135 16:00-18:23
2003  9  9 177  13  0.101   176      50       4 15:30-25:23   45    1090     172 15:48-18:23
2003  9 10 178  17  0.094   193      67       5 15:18-25:30   50    1474     219 15:41-18:23
2003  9 11 178  21  0.088   213      90       7 15:05-25:41   53    1949     280 15:41-18:23
2003  9 12 179  25  0.082   235     120       9 14:54-25:53   55    2495     356 15:41-18:18
2003  9 13 179  31  0.077   260     157      11 14:35-26:06   51    2928     447 15:54-18:06
2003  9 14 180  37  0.073   287     202      13 14:24-26:18   32    2182     426 16:23-17:36
2003  9 15 181  43  0.069   318     253      16 14:00-26:41    0       0       0      -
2003  9 16 183  50  0.067   352     304      18 13:35-27:06    0       0       0      -
2003  9 17 185  58  0.065   395     344      19 13:05-27:41    0       0       0      -
2003  9 18 188  65  0.065   460     366      19 12:24-28:48    0       0       0      -
2003  9 19 194  73  0.066   575     374      18 10:54-30:53    0       0       0      -
2003  9 20 206  79  0.068   559     339      16  0:00-24:00    0       0       0      -
2003  9 21 241  84  0.072   537     288      13  0:00-24:00    0       0       0      -
2003  9 22 300  84  0.076   511     232      11  0:00-24:00    0       0       0      -
2003  9 23 326  80  0.080   484     180       9  0:00-24:00    0       0       0      -
2003  9 24 335  75  0.086   457     137       7  0:00-24:00    0       0       0      -
2003  9 25 340  71  0.092   430     104       6 20:48-39:42    0       0       0      -
2003  9 26 343  68  0.098   346      76       5 21:48-38:53    0       0       0      -
2003  9 27 345  65  0.104   294      57       4 22:23-38:30    0       0       0      -
2003  9 28 346  62  0.111   261      43       3 22:48-38:12    0       0       0      -

Note: Arecibo SNRs assume nominal post-upgrade sensitivity, which is about double that
currently available.

Goldstone Track Assignments

 
              

                       UTC                      Duration
  DOY    UTC Date   TX Window  PDT TX Window     hh:mm
  ---    --------   ---------  -------------    --------
258-259  Sep 15-16  1825-0245  Sep 15 1125-1945   5:20 (gap from 2115-0015 UTC)
260      Sep 17     0030-0350  Sep 16 1730-2050   3:20
263      Sep 20     0130-0350  Sep 19 1830-2050   2:20  REVISED
263-264  Sep 20-21  1830-0050  Sep 20 1130-1750   6:20  
266      Sep 23     0035-0815  Sep 22 1735-0115   7:40  REVISED: 20 MINUTES SHORTER

Arecibo tracks (during time also scheduled for observations of Venus by Margot et al.)

     UTC     UTC         PDT        AST         Duration
DOY  Date    TX window   TX Window  TX Window    hh:mm
---  ----    ---------   ---------  ---------   --------
253  Sep 10  1538-1827   0838-1127  1138-1427    02:49
254  Sep 11  1538-1822   0838-1122  1138-1422    02:44
255  Sep 12  1544-1812   0844-1112  1144-1412    02:28

Uncertainties

 

From Horizons (2003 July 24): JPL solution #34, # obs: 405 (1999-2003)

 Date__(UT)__HR:MN     R.A._(a-appar)_DEC.         delta POS_3sigma  DOP_S-sig  DOP_X-sig  RT_delay-sig
 2003-Sep-15 00:00     181.12302  43.12994  0.0690948676 2.88608832       0.39       1.41      0.000294
 2003-Sep-16 00:00     182.54049  50.28144  0.0666544643 2.97804904       0.38       1.36      0.000278
 2003-Sep-17 00:00     184.58390  57.79289  0.0653419252 2.99469831       0.36       1.30      0.000294
 2003-Sep-18 00:00     187.78045  65.39531  0.0652086024 2.92874180       0.35       1.26      0.000336
 2003-Sep-19 00:00     193.44250  72.75461  0.0662476247 2.78927171       0.34       1.23      0.000390
 2003-Sep-20 00:00     205.73728  79.41703  0.0683945093 2.59859536       0.34       1.21      0.000445
 2003-Sep-21 00:00     240.87620  84.17498  0.0715413802 2.38351157       0.33       1.20      0.000493
 2003-Sep-22 00:00     300.43213  83.62810  0.0755578812 2.16695159       0.33       1.19      0.000533
 2003-Sep-23 00:00     326.00040  79.58701  0.0803105723 1.96398870       0.33       1.19      0.000564

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From Jon Giorgini (2003 August 25):

   Reviewing and updating the orbit of (22771) 1999 CU3 to
solution #36 (399 optical obs 1999-Feb-10 to 2003-May-25,
2 delay, 1 Doppler), 3-sigma S-band uncertainties are
as tabulated below.

      DATE          Pointing  S-band Dop     Delay  
                      (")         Hz         (sec)  
-----------------  ---------  ----------  ----------
10-SEP-2003 00:00      2.019       0.465    0.000552
11-SEP-2003 00:00      2.203       0.454    0.000502
12-SEP-2003 00:00      2.400       0.443    0.000449
13-SEP-2003 00:00      2.595       0.429    0.000394

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From Jon Giorgini (2003 September 11):

   For solution #40 generated at Arecibo
(399 optical obs 10-FEB-1999 to 25-MAY-2003, 4 delay,
1 Doppler), 3-sigma X-band uncertainties are as
follows:

      DATE          Pointing  X-band Dop     Delay  
                      (")         Hz         (sec)  
-----------------  ---------  ----------  ----------
14-SEP-2003 00:00      0.811       0.813    0.000032
15-SEP-2003 00:00      0.843       0.891    0.000048
16-SEP-2003 00:00      0.864       0.967    0.000064
17-SEP-2003 00:00      0.870       1.035    0.000079
18-SEP-2003 00:00      0.862       1.088    0.000094
19-SEP-2003 00:00      0.839       1.124    0.000107
20-SEP-2003 00:00      0.807       1.141    0.000118
21-SEP-2003 00:00      0.768       1.142    0.000127
22-SEP-2003 00:00      0.729       1.132    0.000134
23-SEP-2003 00:00      0.690       1.112    0.000139
24-SEP-2003 00:00      0.653       1.088    0.000144

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From Jon Giorgini (2003 September 19):

   For the solution #44 generated at Goldstone (399 optical 
observations covering 1999-Feb-10 to 2003-May-25, 6 delay, 
1 Doppler), 3-sigma uncertainties are as follows:

 Date__(UT)__HR:MN     POS_3sigma  DOP_S-sig  DOP_X-sig  RT_delay-sig
 -----------------     ----------  ---------  ---------  ------------
 2003-Sep-19 00:00     .742577660       0.29       1.04      0.000034
 2003-Sep-20 00:00     .722348972       0.29       1.05      0.000041
 2003-Sep-21 00:00     .694507311       0.29       1.05      0.000049
 2003-Sep-22 00:00     .662338875       0.29       1.04      0.000056
 2003-Sep-23 00:00     .628665514       0.28       1.02      0.000064
 2003-Sep-24 00:00     .595519257       0.28       0.99      0.000071

Setups

 

Initial CW setup for the final track:           

WE WILL USE SOLUTION 44

TX polarization           RCP
RCV polarization          LCP
Frequencies:              2
Dwell:                    30 seconds
Bandwidth:                4000 Hz 
Sampling interval:        2500 x 0.1 usec 
VME FFT for PSD files:    1024 for 3.906-Hz resn


Possible ranging setups:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

127 x 64 10-usec single sample

baud            10 usec
code            127
gates           127
FFT             64
CLT             11
ncoh            2
bandwidth       394 Hz   
resolution      6.15 Hz
TXOFF           +60 Hz -> echo will be centered at +9.75 bins or in bin 32+10 = 42
incoh sums      64 => 10.4 sec/record

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

127 x 64 11-usec single sample, 5.6-Hz resolution.

baud            11 usec
code            127
gates           127
PRP             1397
FFT             64
CLT             11
ncoh            2
bandwidth       357.9 Hz   
resolution      5.59 Hz
TXOFF           TBD
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

127 x 64 11-usec single sample, 11.2-Hz resolution

baud            11 usec
code            127
gates           127
PRP             1397
FFT             64
CLT             11
ncoh            1
bandwidth       715.8 Hz   
resolution      11.2 Hz
TXOFF           +60 -> echo would be centered at +5 bins w/perfect ephemeris

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

127 x 64 7-usec single sample
------------------------------
baud            7 usec
code            127
gates           127
PRP             889
FFT             64
CLT             11
ncoh            1
bandwidth       1124.9 Hz   
resolution      17.6 Hz
TXOFF           +60 -> echo would be centered at +3.4 bins w/perfect ephemeris

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

127 x 64 1-usec single sample
------------------------------
baud            1 usec
code            127
gates           127
PRP             127
FFT             64
CLT             13 & 14, about evenly divided
ncoh            15
bandwidth       525 Hz   
resolution      8.2 Hz
TXOFF           +50 -> echo would be centered at +6.1 bins w/perfect ephemeris

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

0.125-usec ranging
------------------
setup           JX1XS001  
baud            0.125 usec
code            127
gates           127
FFT             64
ncoh            1968
bandwidth       32.008 Hz     
resolution      0.5001 Hz
TXOFF           6 Hz = 12 cells, => cell 44
incoh sums      4 looks=> 8 sec/record => expect records per run ~ RTT/8
CLT gate        34.8

_____________________________________________________________________
POSSIBLE RANGING SETUPS: (code=127, FFT=64, single-pol'n) 
   These are from JX, w/ max-band (min-acc) options from Ray Jurgens.
   Currently configured for 5-sec records.
_______________________________________________________________________
 Setup        Baud        RP         1-acc 1-acc      
            usec   m      usec        band   res    acc  band     res 
_______________________________________________________________________
 
JX1XS110  11.000 1650    1397.0      715.8  11.2      2   358     5.6
JX1XS070   7.000 1050     889.0     1124.9  17.6      3   375     5.9
                                                      
JX1XS020   2.000  300     254.0     3937.0  61.5     12   328     5.1
                                                      4   984    15.4 

JX1XS010   1.000  150     127.0     7874.0 123.0     41   192     3.0 
                                                      8   984    15.4 

JX1XS005   0.500   75      63.5    15748.0 246.1    123   128     2.0 
                                                     15  1050    16.4 

JX1XS002   0.250   37.5    31.75   31496.1 492.1    492    64     1.0
                                                     30  1050    16.4 
 
JX1XS001   0.125   18.75   15.875  62992.1 984.3   1970    32     0.5 
                                                     60  1050    16.4 
____________________________________________________________________

Instructions

NOTE: Data should be moved to the appropriate subdirectories in intruder:/d1/1999CU3/raw/

1999 CU3 POINTING: 


   OSOD and initial predicts have been set-up at
Goldstone on stealth:

   /export/data2/osod/ops/22771_1999cu3/PRDX.OUT.s44
                                       /PUNCH.OUT.s44

The predicts are also available at:
   /export/data0/rosema/1999CU3/support/PRDX.OUT.s44
                                       /PUNCH.OUT.s44

POINTING  
                                                  TX Offsets    
Date (UTC)   DOY  hhmmss    RA       Dec   Macro  LHA      Dec    RTT  OSOD
2003 09 23   266  000000 326.0010 79.5873   A                     80.2  44
2003 09 23   266  010000 326.5758 79.4109   A                     80.4
2003 09 23   266  020000 327.1207 79.2338   A   -0.0119  -0.0040  80.6
2003 09 23   266  030000 327.6383 79.0557   AB                    80.8
2003 09 23   266  040000 328.1315 78.8763   AB                    81.0
2003 09 23   266  050000 328.6033 78.6957    B                    81.2
2003 09 23   266  060000 329.0567 78.5136    B  -0.0101  -0.0041  81.4
2003 09 23   266  070000 329.4945 78.3302    B                    81.7
2003 09 23   266  080000 329.9196 78.1456    B                    81.9
2003 09 23   266  090000 330.3341 77.9600    B                    82.1




PRDX.OUT.s44
TRANSMITTER: STATION #14,     RECEIVER: STATION #14
RECEIVER    U.T.         RANGE         DOPPLER      LHA      DEC      RA      EL
 2003 SEP 23 00:30     80.2582365575  -499566.586 285.7676  79.4992 326.292  37.611 
 2003 SEP 23 00:40     80.2932683896  -500009.461 288.1791  79.4697 326.388  38.050 
 2003 SEP 23 00:50     80.3283314877  -500458.655 290.5915  79.4403 326.482  38.488 
 2003 SEP 23 01:00     80.3634262944  -500914.158 293.0047  79.4109 326.576  38.925 
 2003 SEP 23 01:10     80.3985532513  -501375.947 295.4187  79.3814 326.669  39.359 
 2003 SEP 23 01:20     80.4337127883  -501843.985 297.8335  79.3519 326.761  39.790 
 2003 SEP 23 01:30     80.4689053560  -502318.223 300.2492  79.3224 326.852  40.216 
 2003 SEP 23 01:40     80.5041313774  -502798.599 302.6656  79.2929 326.942  40.637 
 2003 SEP 23 01:50     80.5393912849  -503285.038 305.0829  79.2634 327.032  41.053 
 2003 SEP 23 02:00     80.5746854959  -503777.451 307.5009  79.2338 327.121  41.461 
 2003 SEP 23 02:10     80.6100144303  -504275.737 309.9196  79.2042 327.209  41.862 
 2003 SEP 23 02:20     80.6453784912  -504779.784 312.3391  79.1745 327.296  42.254 
 2003 SEP 23 02:30     80.6807780828  -505289.464 314.7594  79.1449 327.383  42.636 
 2003 SEP 23 02:40     80.7162135952  -505804.639 317.1803  79.1152 327.469  43.007 
 2003 SEP 23 02:50     80.7516854036  -506325.157 319.6020  79.0854 327.554  43.367 
 2003 SEP 23 03:00     80.7871938769  -506850.857 322.0243  79.0557 327.638  43.714 
 2003 SEP 23 03:10     80.8227393817  -507381.562 324.4473  79.0259 327.722  44.048 
 2003 SEP 23 03:20     80.8583222482  -507917.086 326.8710  78.9960 327.805  44.367 
 2003 SEP 23 03:30     80.8939428167  -508457.231 329.2954  78.9662 327.888  44.670 
 2003 SEP 23 03:40     80.9296014041  -509001.788 331.7204  78.9363 327.970  44.958 
 2003 SEP 23 03:50     80.9652983071  -509550.538 334.1460  78.9063 328.051  45.228 
 2003 SEP 23 04:00     81.0010338164  -510103.251 336.5722  78.8763 328.131  45.480 
 2003 SEP 23 04:10     81.0368081991  -510659.686 338.9990  78.8463 328.212  45.714 
 2003 SEP 23 04:20     81.0726217050  -511219.594 341.4264  78.8163 328.291  45.927 
 2003 SEP 23 04:30     81.1084745757  -511782.716 343.8543  78.7862 328.370  46.121 
 2003 SEP 23 04:40     81.1443670152  -512348.785 346.2828  78.7561 328.448  46.293 
 2003 SEP 23 04:50     81.1802992348  -512917.524 348.7119  78.7259 328.526  46.443 
 2003 SEP 23 05:00     81.2162714023  -513488.651 351.1415  78.6957 328.603  46.571 
 2003 SEP 23 05:10     81.2522836748  -514061.874 353.5715  78.6654 328.680  46.676 
 2003 SEP 23 05:20     81.2883361936  -514636.895 356.0021  78.6352 328.756  46.758 
 2003 SEP 23 05:30     81.3244290695  -515213.410 358.4332  78.6048 328.832  46.816 
 2003 SEP 23 05:40     81.3605624010  -515791.109   0.8647  78.5745 328.907  46.850 
 2003 SEP 23 05:50     81.3967362553  -516369.677   3.2967  78.5441 328.982  46.859 
 2003 SEP 23 06:00     81.4329506871  -516948.794   5.7292  78.5136 329.057  46.844 
 2003 SEP 23 06:10     81.4692057186  -517528.137   8.1620  78.4832 329.131  46.805 
 2003 SEP 23 06:20     81.5055013590  -518107.378  10.5953  78.4526 329.204  46.740 
 2003 SEP 23 06:30     81.5418375896  -518686.187  13.0290  78.4221 329.277  46.651 
 2003 SEP 23 06:40     81.5782143589  -519264.230  15.4631  78.3915 329.350  46.538 
 2003 SEP 23 06:50     81.6146316160  -519841.176  17.8975  78.3609 329.423  46.400 
 2003 SEP 23 07:00     81.6510892576  -520416.687  20.3323  78.3302 329.495  46.238 
 2003 SEP 23 07:10     81.6875871860  -520990.429  22.7675  78.2995 329.566  46.053 
 2003 SEP 23 07:20     81.7241252557  -521562.067  25.2031  78.2688 329.638  45.844 
 2003 SEP 23 07:30     81.7607033076  -522131.265  27.6389  78.2381 329.708  45.613 
 2003 SEP 23 07:40     81.7973211637  -522697.692  30.0751  78.2073 329.779  45.360 
 2003 SEP 23 07:50     81.8339786135  -523261.018  32.5116  78.1765 329.850  45.085 
 2003 SEP 23 08:00     81.8706754327  -523820.913  34.9484  78.1456 329.920  44.789 
 2003 SEP 23 08:10     81.9074113648  -524377.054  37.3855  78.1147 329.989  44.473 
 2003 SEP 23 08:20     81.9441861401  -524929.121  39.8228  78.0838 330.059  44.137  





 
GOLDSTONE MASTERLOG


MASTERLOG

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                                              RCV      
file         setup                   runs start -stop   osod OFFSET TX Poln   Comments
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September 15-16
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PSD03258A.1999cu3, VOLT03258A.1999cu3
CW, 2 hops, 30 s dwell, 4096 FFT      10  183051-185203  42  none   RCP      VME only

1.0 us ranging, 127 code ncoh = 4     14  191725-195312  42 +120 Hz RCP      PFS & VME

CW, 2 hops, 30 s dwell                12  202129-204709  42  none   RCP      PFS only

PSD03258A.1999cu3, VOLT03258A.1999cu3
CW, 2 hops, 30 s dwell, 4096 FFT       9  205533-211429  42  none   RCP      VME only

PSD03258C.1999cu3, VOLT03258C.1999cu3
CW, 2 hops, 30 s dwell, 4096 FFT       3  002157-002729  42  none   RCP      VME only

1.0 us ranging, 127 code ncoh = 4     12  005333-011912  42 +120 Hz RCP      PFS & VME

0.5 us ranging, 127 code ncoh =16     20  014002-024409  42 +120 Hz RCP      PFS & VME

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September 17
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PSD03260.1999cu3, VOLT03260.1999cu3
CW, 4000 Hz, 4096 FFT                 10  003211-0005304  42  none   RCP     VME & PFS

10  usec, 127 code, 64 FFT             3  013200-013727   42  +86.1  RCP     VME & PFS

1.0 usec, 127 code, 64 FFT             4  015355-020133   42  +215.2 RCP     VME & PFS

0.5 usec, 127 code, 64 FFT            30  021917-032418   42  +123.0 RCP     VME & PFS

11  usec, 127 code, 64 FFT             3  033653-034220   42  +67.1  RCP     VME & PFS

0.5 usec, 127 code, 64 FFT             2  034620-034934   42  +123.0 RCP     VME & PFS

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September 20
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PSD03263.1999cu3, VOLT03263.1999cu3
CW, 4000 Hz, 4096 FFT                  5  020151-021209   44  none     RCP   VME & PFS

10  usec, 127 code, 64 FFT             3  025006-025547   44 +86.122   RCP   VME & PFS

0.5 usec, 127 code, 64 FFT            10  032918-035111   44 +123.0315 RCP   VME & PFS


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September 20-21
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PSD03263.1999cu3, VOLT03263.1999cu3
CW  4000 Hz, 4096 FFT                100  183122-223036   44  none     RCP    VME & PFS

PSD03263A.1999cu3, VOLT03263A.1999cu3
CW  4000 Hz, 4096 FFT                 56  223306-005101   44  none     RCP    VME & PFS

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September 23
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PSD03266A.1999cu3, VOLT03266A.1999cu3   
CW  4000 Hz, 1024 FFT                 10  003638-010238  44  none     RCP    VME & PFS


10 usec x 12.3 Hz, 127 code            8  013231-015302  44   86.1    RCP    VME & PFS


11 usec x 11.2 Hz, 127 code            7  020403-022148  44   67.1    RCP    VME & PFS

1  us              127 code           10  024633-031232  44  215.3    RCP    VME & PFS

PSD03266B.1999cu3, VOLT03266B.1999cu3   
CW  4000 Hz, 1024 FFT                 46  033226-053657  44  none     RCP    VME & PFS

PSD03266C.1999cu3, VOLT03266C.1999cu3   
CW  4000 Hz, 1024 FFT                 64  054129-083521  44  none     RCP    VME & PFS


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RADAR ASTROMETRY

  2003 09 17 02:40:00    R 65.1523338   10.0   8560.D6  -14      Benner, L.A.M.
  Correction of -20 us to solution 42 from 10 and 11 us ranging using
  the VME.  

  2003 09 23 02:00:00    R 80.574605    10.0   8560.D6  -14      Benner,L.A.M.
  Correction of -80 us to solution 44 from 10 and 11 us using the VME and PFS

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