A rock-solid ID was received from Mike on Friday, so here's the PPAS report on the far-away bright one, plus some others. 15698, Cosmos 1651 (Glonass) 85- 37 B 05-04-12 03:46:15 EC 1090.4 0.3 100 10.904 +4.0->i 11416, NOAA 6 79- 57 A 05-04-08 01:41:19 EC 136.3 1.0 20 6.82 28522, Cosmos 2414 Rk 05- 2 B 05-04-12 02:27:48 EC 121.3 0.3 43 2.82 28243, MDS 1 Fairing 2 (accelerating flash period, seemingly) 02- 3 E 05-04-12 02:35:43 EC 431.4 0.3 56 7.70 maybe 7.6, 7.8 = 15.4? 23168, Cosmos 2282 (drifting geosynch; second fastest flash period after 89-041A, 20040, Superbird A? -- not nearly as bright but episode lasts longer) 94- 38 A 05-04-12 04:03:42 EC 572.4 0.2 42 13.629 22205, Galaxy 7 (drifting geosynch; may be half-period value) 92- 72 A 05-04-12 05:23:13 EC 951.6 0.3 10 95.16 +4.0->i 10025, Intelsat 404 Rk 77- 41 B 05-04-13 02:27:15 EC 155.7 0.2 28 5.56 +4.5 max 28096, NOSS 3-2 Rk 03- 54 B 05-04-13 02:46:46 EC 336.1 0.3 9 37.34 +4.0 max clicks: 37.60, 13.91, 23.65, 186.58, 13.52, 23.70, 13.24, 23.86 (There's also a long bright tumble max after the main flash.) 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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