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/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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