Observations January 17. A clear sky with now and then some thin clouds. The observation times are in minutes. I had to use my old mechanical stopwatch, as the battery of the usual stopwatch was empty. Then you know how used you get to a stopwatch with more laptimes. This one has none! 63- 14 A 99-01-17 19:31 LB 85.2 0.5 4 21.3 AA, mag 7->8 68- 11 A 99-01-17 18:58 LB almost S, 7, 1 fl mag 5 71-116 B 99-01-17 18:41 LB 126.3 0.2 18 7.02 FF, mag 6->inv This is 67-01 X (06779) the mis-identified by NORAD Intelsat 4-3 rk The last time I observed it was in 1997 and it was slowly going up at almost 9 sec. To be watched again. Some flashes were almost inv. Height was more then 11.000 km. 78- 18 B 99-01-17 17:54 LB 45.4 0.2 14 3.24 Ff, mag 5(7)->inv 78- 18 B 99-01-17 19:43 LB 71.7 0.2 22 3.26 Ff, mag 4(6)->inv UME 2 was flashing nicely. Once you got it in view it is easy to follow. 78- 96 A 99-01-17 17:01 LB 25.4 0.2 10 2.54 FF, mag 4->6 83- 4 A 99-01-17 17:49 LB S, mag 5 IRAS made an almost overhead pass and was steady. 85- 94 G 99-01-17 18:13 LB 44.8 0.5 2 22.4 AA, mag 6->inv 86- 61 A 99-01-17 18:01 LB 37.4 0.2 20 1.87 Ffff, mag 5->inv 87- 53 A 99-01-17 18:20 LB almost S, mag 6 93- 8 B 99-01-17 18:44 LB almost S, mag 6 93- 36 B 99-01-17 17:08 LB 104.3 1.0 1 104 MM, mag 5->inv 96- 71 B 99-01-17 17:40 LB 126.9 0.2 6 21.15 Ff, mag 4(5)->inv 97- 51 D 99-01-17 17:19 LB 41.7 0.2 10 4.17 FF, mag 4->7 Iridium 27 (24947) showed irregular fainter flashes in between the distinct brighter flashes I measured. The period is in good agreement with the one measured by Jim Nix in his message Jan 16. Greetings and clear skies Leo Barhorst 52.77 N 5.09 E + 2 m ASL