Re: DMB Obs Jan 11-14

From: Bjoern Gimle (b_gimle@algonet.se)
Date: Tue Feb 13 2001 - 00:30:25 PST

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    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "David Brierley" <davidbrierley@waitrose.com>
    To: "Satellite Observers" <SeeSat-L@blackadder.lmsal.com>
    Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 6:54 PM
    Subject: DMB Obs Jan 11-14
    
    
    > On January 11th I woke at 5am to a clear sky, and got ready to observe,
    but
    > a sheet of stratus cloud blew up from the east, so I only got 75-43A.
    >
    > On January 14th 89-61D (USA 40 r) was extremely faint for a couple of
    > minutes, a couple of magnitudes fainter than predicted.  Its sister
    objects
    > 92-86C and 98-38C also show the same pattern of being faint for long
    periods
    > of time, and are all challenging objects when near apogee.
    >
    ... 96-38C
    
    USA 40 r         4.0  2.0  0.0  5.5 v   10       8119 x 532 km
    1 20344U 89061D   01037.71169273  .00000280  00000-0  30231-3 0    09
    2 20344  57.0250 264.0402 3544000 205.6917 154.3083  7.84001282    04
    USA 89 r         4.0  2.0  0.0  5.5 v   10       7111 x 336 km
    1 22519U 92086C   00317.68411702  .00011700  00000-0  15058-2 0    07
    2 22519  56.9170 184.6035 3353000 197.7289 162.2711  8.55142441    07
    USA 125 r2       2.0  0.0  0.0  6.2 v    5       14018 x 415 km
    1 23947U 96038C   01025.98607918  .00000450  00000-0  31466-3 0    02
    2 23947  55.1050  39.3606 5003000 215.3966 144.6034  5.47747017    04
    
    
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