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ASA526 Alaska

Boeing 737NG 890/W · N568AS

· 1:32Quality 82side-on

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Trace

Where the aircraft sat in the frame, second by second. Click the chart to jump the video there.

—FOV —az —el —pose —
Lock

Events

Tracking metrics

How well the camera kept the aircraft centred. Tap a metric for what it means and what good looks like.

Lockshare of the pass
77%
First lockfrom target selected
7.9 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.54° / 0.38°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
2.41° / 0.93°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
6.0 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
17.7 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
11.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.26° / 0.52°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
0.92° / 1.90°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
4.03°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.28°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.89°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.71°
Zoom steps
77

Aircraft & route

Flight
ASA526
Registration
N568AS
Type
Boeing 737NG 890/W
Airline
Alaska
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
277 kt
Altitude at closest
11,100 ft
Vertical rate
+64 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a744b3

Pass geometry

Max elevation
69.1°
Elevation at start → end
21.1° → 34.8°
Azimuth at start → end
328° NNW → 124° SE
Closest-approach azimuth
50° NE
Minimum slant range
3.6 km
Heading at closest
140° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (90°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:32 (92.0 s)
Lock
77%

Build & tuning

The tracker build that flew this pass and the live settings that mattered, so passes can be compared across changes.

Build
2026-10-12i — focus jumps only to trusted tele points; rate-steered setpoint; bias learned only when still
Commit
68739f5+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
45.9 MB · 92.0 s · offset -1.3 s
pursuit
velocity
maxLeadSec
3
panLatencySec
0.6
tiltLatencySec
0.4
rippleDeg
0.5
rippleTeleDeg
0.25
rateFloorDegPerDps
2.5
rateFloorMaxDeg
12
lockedSigmaDeg
0.35
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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