The Galileo IUS is currently making low, fast passes over the southern USA every few evenings, maybe visible as far north as latitude 40 (?). We saw it pass rapidly by the Moon several nights ago, in twilight. Using fresh elements is recommended. IUS R/B(1) 1 20299U 89084C 04036.10988161 .00195739 80904-6 99273-3 0 8845 2 20299 34.0933 327.3204 2397948 69.8995 314.2243 10.79954953251835 Olympus 1 is a tumbling geosynch that's currently moving slowly towards European visibility. I don't think it's known to flash brightly; I've only seen it with Mike's telescope. Right now I don't have its very asymmetrical flash profile (two to three minutes, if memory serves, with a flash and a broad maximum separated by only about 30 seconds). One page online says it's one of the unluckiest satellites ever to reach orbit, and is even known (?) to have been hit by a Perseid meteor: http://www.selkirkshire.demon.co.uk/analoguesat/olympus.html OLYMPUS 1 1 20122U 89053A 04035.84672700 -.00000034 00000-0 10000-3 0 6346 2 20122 8.4153 51.5391 0011987 114.4554 245.7648 1.01367700 38062 Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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