TDF-1 has returned to USA skies. My prediction for last night was for about 15 degree above the eastern horizon. When last here it was flashing to about +2 for a few minutes each night, about 12 minutes later each night. The flash period was about 30.9 seconds and speeding up. http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/Mar-2000/0027.html If anyone sees it flashing brightly, please report it! TDF 1 1 19621U 88098A 00114.67888181 -.00000235 00000-0 10000-3 0 2612 2 19621 3.0110 79.5868 0004535 266.8785 93.0677 0.99198108 39030 Last night Iridium 65 flared exactly as predicted. It was easy to see with the Sun only one degree below the horizon. So it seems that they continue to be attitude-controlled. Clouds prevented last-chance attempts to see 23834 yesterday morning, and more clouds forced early ending to observing last night. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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