July 20 (Wednesday evening local) after moonrise (and near a blinking red light on the radio tower that dominates the observing site) Mike McCants recovered 98003, a flashing geosynch with a period (now) of about 9.7 seconds, with double flashes on every other round. Its maxima at the time found were about +9 or fainter and in a short while they faded to invisibility. It was about a minute late and slightly off track on the latest elset, which is over 400 days old (available in mccants.tle file)! Last night (July 21 UTC) he acquired it again, at around 4:15-20. Observing location: 30.314N, 97.866W, 280m. It is well-placed for eastern and central USA observers. It's uncertain when the brighter flash episode begins or how long it lasts. This object, 98003, was discovered by Rick Baldridge in 1998: http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/Oct-1998/0193.html http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/Nov-1998/0346.html The last few NOSS 2-2 passes have been normal here -- faint or fainter. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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