In a message dated Sat, 5 Jan 2002 2:38:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, mmccants@jump.net (Michael McCants) writes: > Satellite Catalog Action Report > The following objects have been reported as modified: > > Internatnl > Designator CatNo Common Name Source LaunchDate DecayDate > ------------ ----- ------------------------- ------ ---------- ---------- > 1997-020A 24792 IRIDIUM 8 US 1997/05/05 / / > 1997-020B 24793 IRIDIUM 7 US 1997/05/05 / / > 1997-020C 24794 IRIDIUM 6 US 1997/05/05 / / <many cuts> > 1999-032A 25777 IRIDIUM 14 US 1999/06/11 / / > 1999-032B 25778 IRIDIUM 21 US 1999/06/11 / / > 2000-026A 26365 SIMSAT 1 CIS 2000/05/16 / / > 2000-026B 26366 SIMSAT 2 CIS 2000/05/16 / / ///////////////////////////////// Why does the entire Iridium constellation show up as being modified? Anyone have a clue? ------------------------ Obs from Last night... Cosmos 1206 flared to about a +1 mag high in the NNW at about 22:51 UTC 4 January. Unfortunately I lost it when I went to retrieve my stopwatch and picked it up low in the SSW for the final 30 seconds of the pass. I did not observe and brihgtness change (~4.5 steady). PCSat (26931, 01043C)was +6 mag as it passed between alpha and delta Andromeda, high in the west at 00:23:40 UTC 5 January. It suddenly faded to inv. Since the payload is a cube, like Sunsat, I would think that you get either a great deal of reflected light or none at all(ie. no gradual dimming). Iridium 13 flared to the predicted -2 mag at 22:47:33 UTC 4 January. Cheers, Don Gardner 39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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