ETS-6 bright flashes

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Tue Feb 12 2002 - 20:37:58 EST

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    Last night (early Feb 12 UTC) ETS 6 (94-056A, 23230, Kiku 6) did 
some very bright (+1.5) flashes at about 4:26-27 (RA 4:00, Dec -17) 
and 4:51-53 (RA 6:40, Dec -28).  The range was about 16,000 down to
11,000 km, as it was approaching perigee.  It was visible with my 
10x50 handheld binoculars for much of the time from 4:17:30 until
4:55:51, when I stopped to briefly time 90003, a very interesting 
drifting geosynch flasher, which Mike McCants had recovered.  
Observing site was BCRC -- 30.315N, 97.866W, 280m.

Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA

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