I had a pass of it this morning, and I took alook with my 10*50 binoculars. Waiting for the right time and area, I saw nothing. I have another pass tonight and if its stays clear I try again to spot it. The sky wil be much darker, so I should have better luck. Tommorow morning I have a pass of the following sat 79104N 1 26532U 79104N 02001.70205919 +.00003528 +00000-0 +41087-1 0 00344 2 26532 015.5447 156.5867 5941435 130.0887 299.9421 03.76404222033554 I see if I spot it on my binoculars. That I can see if it bright and could have been what greg roberts saw using his CoSaTrak tracking system. I don't pay attention to the RCS values. Kevin From: Ed Cannon <ecannon@mail.utexas.edu> To: SeeSat-L@satobs.org Subject: TDF 2, plus an unexpected obs Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 04:33:55 -0600 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? _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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