Cosmos 422 71046A #05238 is a better match in position and time (21:52:29) InterCosmos 24 (Activnyi) 89080A #20261 is a minute later at the 21:52:20 position. Anti-parallell orbits: Cosmos 422 1004 x 983 km 1 05238U 71046A 02104.79077608 +.00000093 +00000-0 +12709-3 0 04198 2 05238 074.0171 002.3888 0014168 078.0434 282.2270 13.71771546546757 Cosmos 1081 r 7.4 2.4 0.0 5.5 v 10 1690 x 1460 km 1 11304U 79024J 02106.20792445 -.00000003 00000-0 10000-3 0 1151 2 11304 74.0415 358.0075 0144231 75.6331 286.0667 12.24076425 31776 Meteor 2-15 5.0 1.5 0.0 5.3 v 7.8 958 x 938 km 1 17290U 87001A 02105.74060312 .00000129 00000-0 10136-3 0 5167 2 17290 82.4671 351.8578 0014213 94.0798 266.1983 13.84612871771869 In-Cosmos 24 4.0 0.0 0.0 5.3 d 13 2415 x 501 km 1 20261U 89080A 02104.91656833 +.00001156 +00000-0 +35579-3 0 01092 2 20261 082.5972 348.8560 1221207 233.6004 114.6341 12.51654012571430 Parallell orbits: Landsat 3 Dlt 1 deb BU 770 x 599 km 1 12227U 78026BU 02105.69798561 .00007753 00000-0 13740-2 0 3988 2 12227 98.7618 174.2948 0120889 179.6380 180.4947 14.62880899120227 Lusat (OSCAR 19) 0.2 0.2 0.2 11.3 d 0.22 796 x 778 km 1 20442U 90005G 02105.13337598 .00000610 00000-0 24516-3 0 7382 2 20442 98.3822 172.7211 0013027 45.9032 314.3214 14.31500835638367 Envisat-1 791 x 785 km 1 27386U 02009A 02105.83246100 .00000778 00000-0 30487-3 0 2034 2 27386 98.5532 173.7943 0000965 90.5906 269.5384 14.32253469 6555 ----- Original Message ----- ... > Observed Envisat through binoculars a few minutes ago, easy to spot and good > yellow/orange colour. About 40 seconds into the visible pass (approx > 21:52:20 UTC) another satellite crossed the field of view travelling in the > opposite direction and approx same track. > > 53.275 N 2.547 W ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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