OIG has posted the first elset for Shenzhou 2: Shenzhou 2 336 x 197 km 1 26664U 01001A 01009.88060300 -.00002661 84174-5 00000-0 0 10 2 26664 42.6086 354.6303 0104726 129.6363 231.3322 16.02871692 37 This has visibility opportunities over the southern USA in the next few hours as it tracks northbound into eclipse near 28 deg N in the evening sky. Eclipse exit occurs southbound near 7 deg S before dawn. Be prepared for other objects in the same orbital plane, particularly the rocket - no elsets for these yet. I updated my Decay Watch page earlier this (UTC) evening - check the page for details (No new decayers). <OffTopic> Some phases of tonight's total lunar eclipse were obscured by cloud over Edinburgh. As expected, because of the Moon's passage through the N part of the umbra, the southern part of the lunar disk was darkest and distinctly reddish, while areas near the northern limb were relatively bright and silvery-grey. I estimated the total magnitude at mid-eclipse as about mag -2. One of two stellar occultations I timed during totality was of the mag 5.2 star 63 Geminorum - I saw the disappearance at 20 21 38.5 UTC but the reappearance was missed because of cloud. </OffTopic> Alan -- Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707: 55d53m48.7s N 3d11m51.2s W 156m asl Edinburgh / SatEvo & elsets: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/ Scotland / Decay Watch: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/ * ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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