The USA 149 Titan rocket (26357) was observed here at 0207UT July 18 and at 0205 UT on July 19. Both passes were easily visible as it reached +0 with maxima occurring every 1.04 seconds; minimum magnitude estimated at about +3. This morning, July 19, from the NASA Johnson Space Center, both ISS and the Zvezda module were observed 30 minutes apart. Zvezda (26400) at 1020 UT reached magnitude +0 at 39 degrees elevation above the south while ISS (25544) at 1050UT got to magnitude -1.5 in the anti-sun direction, 58 degrees above the northwest. In addition, an apparent 'collision' between (19468) Feng Yun 1 Rocket and another object I was not able to identify, was observed earlier around 0227UT. Obviously the two did not collide, but the effect was unusual seeing them ever so briefly appear to eclipse one another. Paul Paul D. Maley Tel. 281.244.0208 Fax.281.244.1140 lat. 29.6049N, long 95.1069W ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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