Double Star 1, good pass over south Texas

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Wed Apr 14 2004 - 05:25:41 EDT

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    There's a fairly low pass of Double Star 1 over south Texas, 
    eastbound to the south of Austin, Wednesday PM, at around 
    8:00 PM CDT.  It's spin-stabilized and can be quite 
    interesting to watch.
    
    DoubleStar 1
    1 28140U 03061A   04098.00823849 -.00000250 +00000-0 +12885-2 0 00771
    2 28140 028.5838 011.8228 8493793 140.9247 330.2089 00.87627502001725
     
    The four-minute geosynch flasher looks to me like Cosmos 2291 
    (23267, 94-060A).  If so, tonight it will be pretty close to 
    (about one degree from) Gorizont 29 (22907, 93-072A).  It has 
    disappeared at about 4:00 UTC the last two nights.
    
    Cosmos 1777 Rk (16953) PPAS report from last night --
    
    86- 70 B 04-04-14 02:45:36.5 EC   81.1 1.0   5 16.2   
    
    Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA
    
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