Today I happen to catch a pass of Cosmos 1655 below beta cygnus ( ALBIREO ). It was over 2200 km away at the time I observed it. It's part of the Tsikada series of Russian military Satellite. http://www.skyrocket.de/space/doc_sdat/tsikada.htm From the oig IntID/Name CatNo Source period Incl Apogee Perigee RCS ------------ ----- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- -------- 1985-041A 15751 CIS 105.0 83.0 1014 974 1.2275 COSMOS 1655 Launched (1985/05/30) In the Dec 31 release of the SATELLITE SITUATION REPORT It list's RCS as 2.4258 PPAS report 85- 41 A 05-01-29 09:52:16 KF S, 7.3 short video of Pass http://www.kfetter.100megs26.com/satvideo/15751.wmv I caught it again on the next pass of it, in a much brighter sky. It was brighter then mag 8. Kevin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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