I first observed milstar 6 flare up to brighter then mag 7. I beleive it's being caused by the kapton material covering the main body of the satellite. I have observed it for quite awhile, and seen it in binoculars quite easily. I also observed other geo sat's nearby, and they were faint, and couldn't dectect them on the tv, while milstar 6 was a peice of cake on the tv, and in the eye peice. I could be wrong, on why I think it flares up. Pictures of the Milstar's http://lmms.external.lmco.com/photos/military_space/milstar/milstar.html Video showing what there orientation in space is like. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/titan/b41/010222milstaranim_qt.html I then latter observed the unclassfd Delta 4 R/B DELTA 4 R/B 1 27555U 02051B 04234.53909802 -.00000024 00000-0 16635-3 0 3020 2 27555 14.0691 324.1116 7126376 304.0127 7.7684 2.35193652 15053 As it passed a bright( mag 6.2 mag ) star at RA (J2000.0): 01 37 37.56 declination -09 24 14.6 At around 6:11 UTC ( Aug 23 ) It was around mag 10, give are take. It was very faint. It was over 10,000 km away at the time. Kevin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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