Of course a passing, or leaving, interplanetary spacecraft is a special challenge, but there are many non-operational geosynchronous satellites and Molniyas that are easy to see at up to 40000 km range, when flashing. Plus operational geostationaries near the shadow cone around equinoxes, Centaur rockets in eccentric orbits ... ----- Original Message ----- Subject: CONTOUR > This is the most distant (and faintest) human-made object I have ever seen, > having had no luck with the NEAR, Cassini, and Stardust fly bys. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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