--- Bruce MacDonald <macdonalddevizes@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > 97-028A () observed to be 1 magnitude dimmer than 02-037A (Cosmos > 2392). I believe both are RORSAT birds, but please correct me if I am > wrong.... . They are not Rorsat (Radar Ocean Reconnaisance Satellite ) http://www.astronautix.com/project/rorsat.htm Cosmos 1932 is a rorsat COSMOS 1932 999 x 932 km 1 18957U 88019A 04350.76620404 -.00000062 00000-0 23946-4 0 2212 2 18957 65.0392 128.4286 0045230 343.5846 16.3738 13.79592963845734 They are optical imaging sat's http://www.satobs.org/image/arkon1.gif http://www.friends-partners.org/partners/mwade/craft/arkon1.htm They are nice to observe in there high orbit's. Ted molczan reported seeing one with just his eye, not bad for something sort of way out there. Cosmos 2344 has a higher perigee. COSMOS 2344 2803 x 1440 km 1 24827U 97028A 04350.92305087 -.00000045 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 09917 2 24827 063.3747 331.6978 0801399 351.4764 007.3189 11.07873435304590 COSMOS 2392 1824 x 1477 km 1 27470U 02037A 04351.80401401 -.00000051 00000-0 10000-3 0 7565 2 27470 63.4525 261.8747 0216337 355.9390 3.9849 12.06752731105708 Kevin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Send holiday email and support a worthy cause. Do good. http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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