Telstar 401 and other flashing geosynchs

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Sat Jan 12 2002 - 16:29:07 EST

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    I've seen the following Telstar 401 (93-077A, 22927) 
    flashes earlier this week:
    
    Jan  8 UTC -- roughly 4:57 to 5:07
    Jan  9 UTC -- roughly 4:38 to 4:52
    
    So maybe it's 15 minutes earlier each night?  That would 
    mean tonight an episode ending at (very) roughly 3:52 UTC 
    (9:52 p.m. Saturday Jan 12 CST).
    
    I'm also looking/hoping for reports of any observations 
    of the following which are currently over this hemisphere.
    The Gorizonts usually flash for long periods of time.
    Most of the others have only limited episodes per night.
    I believe that all of these have been reported as bright
    as +4 at some time; some of them can get as bright as +2
    if not brighter.
    
    12089 80-098A Intelsat 502 
    13624 82-103A Gorizont 6
    15677 85-035A GSTAR 1 (visible from Americas only)
    15994 85-076C ASC 1 (visible from Americas only)
    16101 85-087A Intelsat 512
    18631 87-100A Raduga 21
    19017 88-028A Gorizont 15
    19483 88-081A GSTAR 3 (visible from Americas only)
    21533 91-046A Gorizont 23
    24820 97-027B Insat 2D
    
    Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA
    
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