12069, Fleetsatcom 4 Centaur Rk 80- 87 B 05-04-02 03:19:48 EC 153.9 0.2 10 15.39 12497, Intelsat 501 Centaur Rk 81- 50 B 05-04-02 04:09:17 EC 102.5 0.2 13 7.88 23168 Cosmos 2282 (slowly westward-drifting near-geosynch, seen at first right at RA 8:00, J2000) 94- 38 A 05-04-02 04:25:19 EC 601.9 0.2 44 13.679 +6.5->i 24820, Insat 2D (rapidly eastward-drifting near-geosynch, seen around RA 14:20) 97- 27 B 05-04-02 04:38:08 EC 232.4 0.1 4 58.10 +4.5->i PPAS format: http://www.satobs.org/tumble/flashpm.html#PPASformat Insat 2D seemed to be fading very rapidly, but I was nearly out of clicks and may have let it go too quickly. Both it and Cosmos 2282 seem to have accelerated flash periods. Non-PPAS. I happened to see a -1 magnitude object slowly going down from above and slightly right of Polaris. It was very bright for at least a minute. After I got home, Findsat told me it matched 87-043H, 18025, NOSS 8(H)! I first saw it at about 2:49:52 and timed it very close to a star at about 2:52:33.5 (April 2 UTC). Hubble Space Telescope did a very bright pass a couple of nights ago but was considerably fainter than usual tonight. All of the above seen from BCRC site: 30.315N, 97.866W, 280m. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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