Vanguard 3 is relatively easy (apparently becuase the satellite did not separate from the final rockett stage so it's bright). I saw it a few months ago. There are quite a few other objects nearly as old including several historically significant objects. None of the early Sputniks are still up there though. They all had low orbits. You can find interesting early satellites on the Heavens-Above/GSOC site by using the "Select a Satellite from the Database" function and then entering a launch year. Unfortunately, many of the listed satellites do not have orbital elements so it can be a bit tedious weeding those out. -Frank E. Reed Chicago, IL ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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