For those who like fast-moving satellites -- the Breeze that put Iridiums 97 and 98 into orbit has made low, fast passes over this part of the world the last couple of nights. Its Quicksat intrinsic magnitude seems to be about +4.0 (about +5.5 standard); at an orbital height of about 260 km (160 miles) it can be bright. Mike McCants and I saw a high pass in the west last night -- before the sky got cloudy. It probably won't be up there a lot longer, so see it while you can! BREEZE-KM R/B 1 27452U 02031C 02208.69769236 .00158442 46354-5 52745-3 0 411 2 27452 86.5697 69.5741 0294807 170.8733 189.8058 15.46012385 5733 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://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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