Greg Roberts wrote: >Cosmos 2172 ( #21789 - 91079A ) is a geostationary satellite >seen by accident when it did a ~3 second flash to +4 >approximately. Unfortunately I was busy tracking another >satellite so did not wait to see if it did another flash. >Might be worth watching. In October 1999 I accidentally found Cosmos 2172 flashing when it happened to go very close to a flashing Gorizont that I was watching: http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/Oct-1999/0279.html I saw it again the next night and reported a flash period of 146.3 seconds: http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/Oct-1999/0297.html Before too long it drifted onwards to the east and dropped below our horizon. I'm happy it's been spotted again! Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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