Re: Flasher ? - UT CORRECTION!!

Mir16609@aol.com
Tue, 17 Aug 1999 12:20:34 EDT

In a message dated 08/17/1999 11:04:40 AM EDT, andromed@atm.dal.ca writes:

> Last night August 16/17 I saw a real flashing satellite going from about
>  south west to north north west. It was flasing off and on regular until it
>  got near 45 degrees then sorta skipped a flash but then resumed. It faded
>  into Ursa Major.
>   Anyone know what it might have been? The flashes were less than a 1001
>  count, mabey 0.5 second. I did notice it was sorta light red color.
>  
>   I'm at N44 W63 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was first noticed at
>  0117 UT and went till 0119 UT, it was a slow mover.

Ref:
SL-16 DEB                                        907 x 653
1 25863U 99039D   99228.15688746 +.00000475 +00000-0 +15773-3 0 00161
2 25863 098.3205 283.9565 0177483 108.1298 253.9301 14.33509061004166
SL-16 DEB                                        921 x 654
1 25862U 99039C   99228.62544410  .00001618  00000-0  51801-3 0   141
2 25862  97.7727 282.4392 0186760 103.5010 258.7036 14.31206444  4310
Okean-O r       10.4  3.9  0.0  3.9 v            662 x 640
1 25861U 99039B   99228.71360534  .00000397  00000-0  69672-4 0   153
2 25861  98.0472 285.3934 0016159 251.7665 108.1782 14.73020044  4491
Okean-O          3.0  2.0  0.0  6.0 d            664 x 661
1 25860U 99039A   99229.19451152  .00000629  00000-0  11439-3 0   528
2 25860  98.0468 285.7084 0002417 142.9020 217.2475 14.69494700  4550

The "C" object is a candidate (25862, 99039C).

Question:
How do the C and D objects arrive a a higher apogee than both the payload and 
the R/B?

Cheers
Don Gardner  39.1796 N, 76.8419 W, 34m ASL
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