Re: What was it?

From: Mir16609@aol.com
Date: Tue Feb 22 2000 - 08:45:30 PST

  • Next message: Geoff Hart: "RE: What was it?"

    In a message dated 02/22/2000 11:55:23 AM EDT, hartg@omantel.net.om writes:
    
    > While looking for the Resurs 01 R/B pass here in Oman, I witnessed a
    >  flashing satellite about 5 degrees to the right of Orions Belt. Was this
    >  Resurs or some other sat. My location is Ghala, Oman about 10 miles east of
    >  Muscat and 5 miles inland 23.19.12N  58.13.12E and the sighting was about
    >  19:34 local time. 15:34 GMT. It was a red colour to the naked eye  but was
    >  not visible other than that. The flashes were intermittent and somewhere
    >  around 3 to 5 seconds apart. About four were witnessed and then it
    >  disappeared. Not sure of the direction as they all seemed to occur in the
    >  same area.
    
    ETS-6 is a really good match.  The half periods are about 3 and 7 seconds.
    
    I had a non-obs of it last evening
    
    ETS-6            6.0  0.0  0.0  5.0 d
    1 23230U 94056A   00046.93342677 -.00000064  00000-0  10000-3 0  7246
    2 23230  13.6932 303.8743 5042715 135.6191 278.1122  1.67089990 33495
    
    Cheers
    Don Gardner  39.1796 N, 76.8419 W, 34m ASL
    Homepage: http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/
    
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