Are we saying that, at times, you can track possibly more than one satellite at once? (i.e. following the same path). Is there an easy way to predict when this can happen? On Fri, 7 Apr 2000 15:32:48 +0200 , Barhorst L.J.C. wrote: > Regarding this subject; I've been observing sats quite some time. > > Most of the nights I observe I see more than one sat at the same time in > FOV. > It's indeed crowded up there. > When observing Cosmos or Zenit rockets you are almost certain to see > more sats at once, as there are a lot of them in more or less similar > orbits. > > Once I was following a NOSS trio when another sat catched up with them and > overtook; > at the same time yet another sat passed from the opposite direction. > So it was 5 sats at one look. > > Watching the Iridium and Globalstar sats shortly after launch also gave you > the opportunity to see multiple sats in one look. > > When observing reguarly (15 to 30 obs in 2 to 2.5 hours)it is almost > impossible NOT to see more than one sat in the same FOV. > > Greetings > Leo Barhorst > 52.767 N 5.09 E > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > _______________________________________________________ Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite Visit http://freelane.excite.com/freeisp ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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