At 19:38 14/07/02, Michael Waterman wrote: >Below is a report of a flare, much too slow to be an Iridium. >I first thought it might be a Molniya (one Molniya rocket >78095E = catalog 11079 is close), >but I do not believe a Molniya could flare this bright. >Possibly a secret US satellite? >Plymouth is approx 4degW 50.5N. >---------------------------------------- >BAA electronic circular No. 00052 http://www.britastro.org/ >====================================================================== >... thanks for posting it Mike. From memory both Molniyas and GPS satellites have been known to flare, but only to mag 0 or fainter , not mag -5, or -6 as per report. The two trumpet satellites were fond because they flared, but the flare wasnt that bright , and the range only 3,000km, not the 40,000 we are talking for a molniya orbit apogee at nortern apex. Incidentally I cant get any low mean motion satellite near the observation using the position of alp cas using findsat and an alldat.tle produced the next day. Tony Beresford ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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