Finally very clear weather, and I tried to find the three KH. Also ETS 6, culminating at 9 deg, expected flashes at 5 deg rising, 6 deg setting ( I was able to see mag.+6.0 at 5 deg.el., +3 at 4 deg.) ETS 6 not seen. USA 116 not seen in interval -9/+21 min from elset USA 116 guess2 1 23728U 95066 A 00031.75500000 .00015000 00000-0 37964-3 0 10 2 23728 97.8690 144.7971 0439153 279.1143 76.0643 14.80145059 13939 Some unexpected satellites seen while searching, all but one identified: 23323 94 068A 5919 E 20000226185634500 17 35 1518500+586670 17 23323 94 068A 5919 E 20000226185653800 17 35 1601570+585000 36 15772 85 042D 5919 E 20000226185706000 17 35 1618670+629000 57 15772 85 042D 5919 E 20000226185725500 17 35 1526000+597800 57 22220 92 076B 5919 E 20000226185910800 17 35 1728530+579000 18 40057 40 057A 5919 E 20000226222942000 18 35 2151000+540000 58 R+070 10 40057 40 057A 5919 E 20000226222959000 98 35 2130000+506000 58 R I only made a direction estimate of unknown 40057, not even speed - hence the large time and position error. The second point provided to show the direction only. If orbit circular, inclination was between 74 and 80, both are visibly different from my direction estimate (orbit eccentric?) USA 129 was only 15 seconds late wrt. Feb 02 elset: 24680 96 072A 5919 E 20000226185848400 17 35 1632370+608000 36 S+050 10 24680 96 072A 5919 E 20000226185927600 17 35 1755270+559500 36 S+050 10 22251 92 083A 5919 E 20000226190815600 17 35 0236600+124300 56 S+070 10 23233 94 057A 5919 E 20000226191307300 17 35 0344420+239700 56 N+070 10 23233 94 057A 5919 E 20000226191425900 17 35 0156370+407200 36 N+070 10 USA 129 1 24680U 96072A 00033.57360544 .00025000 00000-0 34176-3 0 08 2 24680 97.8436 98.1466 0495922 60.7359 304.1315 14.79247278 02 -- bjorn.gimle@tietotech.se (office) -- -- b_gimle@algonet.se (home) http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle -- -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, 59.2615 N, 18.6206 E, 33 m -- -- COSPAR 5918, HAMMARBY, 59.2985 N, 18.1045 E, 44 m -- -- SeeSat-L / Visual Satellite Observer Home Page found at -- -- http://www2.satellite.eu.org/satintro.html -- -- bjorn.gimle@tietotech.se (office) -- -- b_gimle@algonet.se (home) http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle -- -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, 59.2615 N, 18.6206 E, 33 m -- -- COSPAR 5918, HAMMARBY, 59.2985 N, 18.1045 E, 44 m -- -- SeeSat-L / Visual Satellite Observer Home Page found at -- -- http://www2.satellite.eu.org/satintro.html -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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