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UAL875 United

Boeing 777 224ER · N76021 · SFO → HND

· 1:07Quality 80side-on

3D replay

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
63%
First lockfrom target selected
20.0 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.96° / 0.39°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
4.86° / 2.29°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
6.6°
Time to 8°from first lock
32.9 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
33.1 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
0.0 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
—
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
—
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
—
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
—
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
1.06°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
2.10°
Zoom steps
42

Aircraft & route

Flight
UAL875
Registration
N76021
Type
Boeing 777 224ER
Airline
United
From
SFO · San Francisco
To
HND · Tokyo
Ground speed
192 kt
Altitude at closest
1,200 ft
Vertical rate
+2,496 ft/min
Category
A5
ICAO hex
aa4440

Pass geometry

Max elevation
76.1°
Elevation at start → end
1.4° → 11.9°
Azimuth at start → end
116° ESE → 299° WNW
Closest-approach azimuth
25° NNE
Minimum slant range
407 m
Heading at closest
298° WNW
Aspect at closest
side-on (87°)
Turn
straight (4°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
1:07 (67.0 s)
Lock
63%

Build & tuning

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

Build
2026-10-16a — main b067f99 (review cleanup)
Commit
b067f99
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
33.5 MB · 67.0 s · offset -1.1 s
pursuit
velocity
maxLeadSec
3
panLatencySec
0.6
tiltLatencySec
0.4
rippleDeg
0.5
rippleTeleDeg
0.25
maxSpeedStepFwps
0.45
speedReachFrac
0.8
lockedSigmaDeg
0.35
sigmaGrowthDps
0.1
aimLeadSec
-0.03
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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