A Zenit-3SL rocket will lift off on Feb 17 with the XM 3 geo sat. XM3 will be parked at 85 degrees, to join XM1, AMC 9 and AMC 16 allready parked there. So 4 geo sat in one feild of view:) XM are boeing HS702 series of spacecraft, and are one of the brightest geo sat's to see, I find. http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/factsheets/702/xmsatradio/xmradio.html Depending on the time of year, will effect how easy they are to see. One time I saw XM1, easy to see in my 70 mm refractor, and in Dec I saw it around Mag 10, so faint. But I still saw it. Kevin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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