My observation today appears to confirm Russell's obs with question mark and Mike's orbit. DMSP B5D2-7 Mike 1 23233U 94057A 00004.76327708 .00000450 00000-0 23997-3 0 07 2 23233 98.6680 53.2640 0019000 97.3281 262.6718 14.13276490 01 I tried to see flashes from 23230 ETS-6 approx. 19:00 2000-01-08 to shadow entry 19:30 local time. Visual limit +4.5 right of and below Orion. Occasional scans with 7*50 binocs. Also tried for a few minutes 19-19:30 UT for 21132 Raduga 27 and 25868 CXO Rk in 7*50. 08459 C 783 rk found as very faint UnId at 16 deg el.NE, moving slowly in direction 100 deg. relative to local vertical. Later ID-ed and found to be entering shadow. 26043 99 073B 5919 G 20000108155705800 56 35 1101770+630700 56 S+010 04 26043 99 073B 5919 G 20000108155726900 56 35 0906948+520500 56 S+010 04 23233 94 057A 5919 G 20000108160542900 56 35 0831524+371900 56 R+071 03 004000 23233 94 057A 5919 G 20000108160609900 56 35 0858773+390080 56 R+071 03 004000 08459 75 112B 5919 G 20000108161113400 56 35 0906948+382600 56 E+080 05 08459 75 112B 5919 G 20000108161122000 28 35 0901000+370000 57 E+080 05 -- bjorn.gimle@tietotech.se (office) -- -- b_gimle@algonet.se (home) http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle -- -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, 59.2615 N, 18.6206 E, 33 m -- -- COSPAR 5918, HAMMARBY, 59.2985 N, 18.1045 E, 44 m -- -- SeeSat-L / Visual Satellite Observer Home Page found at -- -- http://www2.satellite.eu.org/satintro.html -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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