Correction. I wrote: "Superbird (89-47A, 20040)". Thanks to Pierre N. for pointing out it's 89-41A. (I find names -- even "USA nnn" -- about 100 times as memorable as the COSPAR numbers. Every single time I have to take time to look up the numbers for objects whose names I have known for years.) Last night as we were watching USA 148 Rk (00-001B, 26053), another one caught up to it and passed very very close to it. Mike identified that one as Himawari 1 Rk (77-65B, 10144). Thanks very much to Kevin F. for making available the video of Superbird, with a couple of its flashes. Very very neat! Ed C. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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