On the second pass (about 03:43 on August 2 UTC), something
about magnitude four to five was leading ISS by about 80
seconds. Earlier thanks to Mike having predictions, we saw
the EAS object released from ISS some days ago.
Superbird A (89-041A, 20040) is in our southeast already,
having been clouded out for at least a couple of weeks.
Mike got its phase shift as being at about 03:28 UTC. It
seems that its rotation period has speeded up slightly
since last winter.
NOAA 14 (23455, 94-089A) was tumbling the last two nights.
It was decommissioned on May 23 of this year.
The weather was not good -- much cirrus, and the unknown
from June 22 and July 11 and 22 that I was hoping to see
again was not seen. It may have been too faint, or it
may not have been there (?).
Also, USA 102 (23031, 94-017B) eluded detection. I
thought that I might have seen it Tuesday evening, but
Mike did not get a match for that object, which was
several degrees off-track from USA 102 predictions.
Neither of us saw it Wednesday evening.
Tuesday evening we had a predicted -8 flare from Iridium
43, and it probably was that bright -- truly spectacular.
Both evenings we were at BCRC: 30.315N, 97.866W, 280m.
Ed Cannon - Austin, Texas, USA
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