> Well, since you mention Lacrosse 3 (and I'm assuming Iridium 43) Confirmed, Iridium 43. >I > believe > you mean to say 0123 UTC (8:23pm local). Correct. >So I limited Satellite > Hunting to > search on 0123 to 0133 and found UME 2 Rocket... > > U.T.C. Satellite Name Sat.# Elev. Azimuth Mag > 01:23:10 UME 2 r 10674 20° 229° [SW] 8.0 > 01:27:35 UME 2 r 10674 53° 300° [W] 6.8 > 01:31:55 UME 2 r 10674 20° 010° [N] 8.0 Looks good! > > I then made my first sighting of the OCS at 0035. But then at > the end of > > the pass, I saw another satellite, unidentifable for me. It was > at 20 to > > 25 degrees altitude, 3 degrees lower and to the left of OCS > (estimate > > about a 40 degrees angle). Same speed, magnitude +3 to +4 for > both of > > them. Perhaps this unidentified satellite is part of the OCS > payload? > > Again, I believe you mean 0135. Looking at the OCS pass, it appears > that you > probably looked at your watch at the very end of the pass. OCS was > in the > position you mention at about 0133, which would make Cosmos 1408 > Rocket a > likely candidate. Abbreviated Satellite Hunting output... > > U.T.C. Satellite Name Sat.# Elev. Azimuth Mag > 01:23:31 OCS 26062 0° 009° [N] 6.0 > 01:30:50 OCS 26062 47° 291° [W] 3.5 > 01:38:09 OCS 26062 0° 213° [SW] 6.0 > U.T.C. Satellite Name Sat.# Elev. Azimuth Mag > 01:23:46 Cosmos 1408 r 13553 0° 345° [N] 7.2 > 01:30:26 Cosmos 1408 r 13553 44° 267° [W] 4.6 > 01:33:20 Cosmos 1408 r 13553 18° 204° [S] 5.8 Looks good, too! Thanks for your time and effort. -------------------------- Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com "If you come from a little bit of slime out of a pool, then what's so great about life?" --- Arizona Representative Karen Johnson, on the implications of biological evolution ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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