I found #17621 passing 1/3 of the way between Betelgeuse and Bellatrix. It is 81053KT so I would normally assume it is a small piece of junk. Might be wrong of course. Inclination 82 deg, mean motion 13.86. Ron Lee At 09:35 AM 1/27/98 +0100, you wrote: >Hello, > >Could someone identify this one ? > >Yesterday Jan 26 at 18:49:58UTC I saw a flare from an unknown satellite, mag >+2 for approximately 4s close to Betelgeuse(alpha Ori). >I couldn't keep track of the satellite because it disappeared. It went >through the constellation of Orion between Betelgeuse and Bellatrix(gamma >Ori) but much closer to Betelgeuse and going down the constellation. >Location was at Rijckevelde.(see below) >I couldn't find a match in the Molczan or Elem file. > >Thanks for any help, > > >Tristan Cools >tcools@nic.INbe.net >BWGS Member - Belgian Working Group Satellites > >Observing at: > >Damse Vaart: 3.2486E/51.2279N >Rijckevelde: 3.2867E/51.2054N >Brugge: 3.1611E/51.2108N > >