I spotted what may have been Ed and Mike's UNID several days ago. The maxima from the object I saw were 10.5 sec apart. I also remember that I could see quite a few faint minima (spacing between these was less than 1 second) between the brighter maxima. Using SkyMap, I convinced myself that I had seen Molniya 1-90. I Suppose you have already ruled this one out too.? Unknown 00096 1 90096U 00098.79127006 0.00000000 00000-0 +00000+0 0 05 2 90096 61.9800 151.4158 7180000 270.6521 89.3480 2.00598000 00 MOLNIYA 1-90 1 24960U 97054A 00098.19783999 .00000431 00000-0 00000+0 0 6037 2 24960 63.1512 149.9652 7106414 279.6234 13.1113 2.00607584 18554 Also had a possible sighting of Gorizont 24 (91-74A, 21759) on the 6th between 04:15 and 04:25 UTC. The flashes dimmed rapidly just prior to disappearing. The brigher flashes earlier on were probably near mag 5. The period for this one was 46.1 seconds. Clear and dark skies. Steve LaLumondiere 33.8202, -118.3165 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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