This Molniya currently is making very good passes (for a Molniya!) over North America; for example, tonight it goes over here at a range of about 2400 km -- which I think is pretty low for a Molniya. Some months ago Mike McCants was observing it at a much larger range and found that it was flashing about once every four minutes. MOLNIYA 1-44 1 11474U 79070A 02235.34563610 .00006063 00000-0 10783-2 0 908 2 11474 62.5366 267.9953 5388125 319.5535 10.9106 4.98616671195517 USA 160 A and C (01-040A and C; 26905 and 26907) were easily visible without binoculars on their *second* pass here, which was in the northwest. ROSAT (90-049A, 20638) was quite bright last night. I did not find Gorizont 23 (91-046A, 21533) until after local midnight (5:00 UTC) last night. Observing site was E. Ney Museum grounds: 30.307N, 97.727W, 150m. Anyone (Björn, Rob) have suggestions on when to look for flashes of TDF 1 (88-098A, 19621)? It has a fairly rapid flash period during bright episodes each evening; the trick is knowing when to look. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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