At 07:39 14/07/03, Anthony J. Kroes wrote: >Hello, > >I am new to the list, but have been watching sats for quite a while. >Recently my interest has turned to watching 'formations' of sats (i.e. 2 or >more sats traveling together). I am aware of, and have viewed, the NOSS >triplets on a number of occasions, and have also seen the Grace 1 & 2 sats. >Are there any other sats up there that travel together on a regular basis? >I am more interested in 'unclassified' sats than military ones, but any info >will help. > >Thanks in advance, > >Anthony J. Kroes >Cedar Drive Observatory >Pulaski, WI Among the OIG published satellites the only grouping of any size is the Cluster "constellation" comprising 4 ESA built, Russian launched satellites studying the magnetosphere. CLUSTER II-FM6 1 26410U 00041A 03190.75000000 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 04505 2 26410 088.8717 164.5044 6569371 019.9879 001.5920 00.42039792000281 CLUSTER II-FM7 1 26411U 00041B 03190.70833333 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 04605 2 26411 089.7866 165.0862 6670981 017.1001 359.0159 00.42040513000343 CLUSTER II-FM5 1 26463U 00045A 03190.70833333 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 04538 2 26463 089.9752 165.2026 6120558 017.7313 002.0247 00.42040881000848 CLUSTER II-FM8 1 26464U 00045B 03190.70833333 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 04382 2 26464 086.5998 163.1851 6374902 017.4838 000.5291 00.42040661000220 The perigee height is around 20,000KM so I think you will have trouble seeing them at perhaps as bright as mag 14. Easy enough for a 10-12 inch telescope + CCD. Tony Beresford ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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