At 07:32 PM 23/01/05, Alberto Rango wrote: >Yesterday, 22 Jan 2005, while I was awaiting for 03 005D pass, >I saw a short but very clear flash mg about +6.5. After several >seconds another flash. That was disturbing my waiting for 03 005D, >however I managed to keep two positional times with my chrono. > > > >It was flashing every 43s.6. >No chance of identification making use of elsets in my posession. What Albert saw was the abandoned communications satellite Gorizont 14, 1987 40A , #17969. The flash period is quite typical of such objects. This one wasn't on my list of such objects. Quite a number of Gorizont satellites have been observed to flash. Tony Beresford ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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