Hello Josef and all, Josef Huber wrote: > yesterday after tracking the ISS I saw a bright flashing satellite > APEX - USSPACECOM Catalog No.: 23191 > with a flashing period about 3 sec and delta of 3 mag. > He was easy to see with the naked eye and I think he tumble. > Is it normal or is he out of order? Here is the info from PPAS11 database as of July 10, 2004: 94- 46 A 96-12-09 MM 100 v3 94- 46 A 00-08-30 22:10:25 RO 2 32 94- 46 A 00-11-12 18:00 RE 30 7.1->9.4 94- 46 A 01-02-06 18:01 RE 5 I 6.2->7.6 94- 46 A 04-05-17 00:18:31.9 BD 91.7 0.5 5 18.3 4.5->inv, I 94- 46 A 04-05-17 23:37:10.1 BD 195.1 0.2 7 27.8 5.0->inv, note b1 94- 46 A 04-05-20 00:03:05.9 BD 57.9 0.2 2 29.0 4.5->inv, note b2 94- 46 A 04-05-20 01:52:58.7 BD 84.6 0.2 3 28.2 6.3->inv, ssm 94- 46 A 04-05-27 23:51:20.8 BD 116.1 0.3 4 29.0 5.5->inv, ssm PPAS format description: http://satobs.org/tumble/flashpm.html Bram Dorreman notes two maxima over the period with "floating" phase: b1) timings (5.13 22.49) (5.65 21.07) (6.43 21.52) (6.95 21.76) (6.93 21.63) (6.38 21.60) (7.12 20.43) b2) timings (8.04 21.13) (8.09 20.66) Denis ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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