I was wondering if someone can ID a flashing object for me. My location was lat 29.55 deg, long -95.36 deg. The time was 03:58 - 04:00 UTC today. The object caught my eye with a single bright flash, close to but not quite the magnitude of Jupiter, approximate location azimuth 005 deg, elevation 30 deg. I continued to look in that direction and saw two more flashes (less bright) at uneven intervals, and the object was moving in a mostly northerly direction (as best I could tell from only three data points). Between the flashes I could not see the object at all. I checked H-A, and the Resurs 1-4 Rocket (SPACECOM 25400, International 1998-043-G) matched the track pretty well but was predicted to show up a full 5 minutes later (04:03 - 04:07 UTC). Of course a rocket body makes sense for the flashing, but I can't imagine such a difference being due to decay given that this rocket is at 800+ km. Thanks, Tom M. Erkenswick ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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