Hi everybody, Last night (morning of July 6 UTC), I made my last observation of the decaying Cosmos 1278 deb E. Its speed was much faster and its flash period almost doubled to 1.3 sec compared to 0.72 the day before. The maxima were more regular in magnitude at around 4.5 so it was an easy binocular object. It was 44 sec. late using Alan's predicted elset : Cosmos 1278 deb E 1416 x 94 km 1 17256U 81058E 00188.21073432 1.86317124 11247+1 30239-2 0 98289 2 17256 62.6812 156.4923 0926081 197.4021 159.2007 14.41068791101049 Position at 05:41:49.8 UTC ± 0.5 sec : AD 00h06m00s dec +58d28m Site : 45.8681 N, 72.5133 W, 75 m If the reentry really took place around 11:00 as predicted in the last US Space Com notice, this was the observation closest to decay I've made at 5.3 hours before the event. Cheers, Dan -- Daniel Deak Drummondville, Québec COSPAR site 1746 : 45.8537°N, 72.4857°W, 90 m., UTC-5:00 E-mail : dan.deak@obsat.com ICQ : 52770063 Site en francais sur les satellites: French-language satellite web site : http://www.obsat.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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