Hello everybody, On the evening of 21Dec08 and again on the evening of 22Dec08 I observed USA 32 (1988-078A). On both occasions it was flickering (brightening and fading) many times per second...too rapidly to estimate. It was as if it had a rapidly rotating component attached to its hull. On both nights I observed several other satellites at similar elevations without noticing anything odd. I would have assumed that with a 1988 launch USA 32 would be inert, but maybe not. Any thoughts on this matter would be appreciated. Gordon Newcastle, Australia 32.867S, 151.7S ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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