Intelsat 512

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Fri Jul 19 2002 - 05:36:22 EDT

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Thanks to Björn Gimle's help on when to look, I was able to 
observe Intelsat 512 (85-087A, 16101), a flashing geosynch 
fairly similar to Superbird A.  This was from outside my 
apartment -- not a good observing site.  I think that the 
brightest flashes might have been +3, but I was using my 
binoculars, the Moon was bright, and the nearby lights were 
shining.  PPAS report:

85- 87 A 02-07-19 05:51:42.5 EC  331.9 0.3  15 22.12  +3.5->inv

It flashes something like 12 minutes or so later each night.

Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA

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