Hi Wes, Or you saw the newly launched Yaogan-20 satellites. Leo -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- From: Scott Tilley via Seesat-l Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 1:32 AM To: seesat-l_at_satobs.org Subject: Re: 3 x unidentified in close, loose triangle formation at time of ISS and ATV-5 pass Hi Wes This would be either Yaogan 9 or Yaogan 16. Chinese NOSS triplets, all US triplets are no longer in formation. They're in a fairly high LEO orbit hence why they moved slower than the ISS. Use Heavensat and download the latest Space Track TLEs to confirm which one you saw. BTW - I imaged Yaogan 9 just last night. Regards, Scott Tilley On 14-08-11 03:28 PM, Les West via Seesat-l wrote: > Monday 11th August 2014 22.09 UTC (23.09 GMT+1 local) > > 52.6963N 1.2456E (Horsford, Norfolk, England, UK) > > > W to SW (before they winked out) very bright ISS pass, followed just a > couple of minutes later by ATV-5 on the same track. > > At the same time briefly, to the S of the Summer Triangle, 3 x > unidentified satellites in a close, loose triangle of their own were > rising from the SSW. I only got to see them briefly before they winked > out. They appeared to be moving slightly slower than ISS but were not > much less bright than Altair, which they were close to. > > Any ideas people? Heavens-above doesn't appear to offer any suggestions. > > > Thank you & kind regards > > > Les West > > leswest_at_hotmail.co.uk > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Wed Aug 13 2014 - 00:29:08 UTC
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