I just saw a bright satellite I believe to be USA 186 (28888). Ground location 33.897 N, 118.345 W. It approximately followed the prediction from Heavens-Above, orbital elements of epoch 2016-08-26 19:07:06 (UTC). It was moving approximately south to north, and passed a line extending from Vega, through Deneb, toward the horizon, at 2016-08-28 03:27:02 (UTC). Sorry, that's about as specific as I can get - limiting magnitude here is about 2-3 due to light pollution. A minute before this, I by chance saw two other bright satellites simultaneously, also moving south to north but closer to zenith. Taking another look at H-A, I'd guess they might have been H-2A R/B (36105), ALOS (28931), and/or Cosmos 1975 (19573). I was surprised and not ready to distinguish them. _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Sat Aug 27 2016 - 22:55:37 UTC
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