TDF 2 (20705) -- last night (early Jan. 27 UTC) its brightest maxima might have been +5.0; it was easy to see with my handheld 10x50s on a bright moonlit night. There was apparently a phase shift at about 6:06:07; I was unable to see four expected flashes, then it reappeared for another three minutes or so. The obs began at about 6:02:04. PPAS: 90- 63 A 02-01-27 06:09:47.5 EC 463.3 0.2 21 22.06 +5.5->inv Friday evening (early Jan. 26 UTC), while on UT Austin campus watching one-power for a solar panel flare from Iridium 14 "?" (99-032A, 25777) -- which was pretty much as predicted, near that position and a few seconds before it I saw an UNID going southbound. It was fairly slow moving. It was about +3.5 and continued to be visible from near Auriga to Taurus and on to the south, which took at least two minutes. What I get as the best match is 07559 (73-088E), which Satellite Situation Report says is "OPS 6630 Deb", which has an RCS of 0.10! Has anyone else ever seen that one? Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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