In a message dated 1/27/01 7:53:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, starman@camtech.net.au writes: > While waiting to observe a pass of SeaSat-1 with naked eye, > which I didnt see I observed a low , quite bright ( mag 1.5) > object due E at 11:04:35 UTC + or - 3 seconds, at an elevation > of some 35 degrees. It had passed near the two pointers to > the false cross. FINDSAT suggests 94 61A Cosmos 2292, > but the predicted path is not the observed one though the > time is not much in error at the reported azimuth. Cosmos 2372 was a bit higher than 35 deg, but it was bright, has a 64.7591 deg inclination and was approaching due east at the time you mention. I'm not sure what the two pointers are, but Satellite Hunting shows its path running right over epsilon Carina (Avior), zeta Puppis (Naos) and rho Puppis. U.T.C. Satellite Name Sat.# Elev. Azimuth Mag 11:02:49 Cosmos 2372 26538 20° 190° [S] 2.5 11:04:34 Cosmos 2372 26538 50° 120° [E] 1.0 11:05:42 Cosmos 2372 26538 29° 061° [E] 1.9 Cosmos 2372 6.0 3.0 0.0 3.5 d 1 26538U 00056A 01026.74374631 .00113294 70500-5 10000-3 0 3589 2 26538 64.7591 96.9438 0111277 128.7601 14.4965 16.00859265 19811 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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