FW: my first observation of a triangular satellite formation

From: Ted Molczan (seesat-list@rogers.com)
Date: Sat Jul 29 2006 - 11:13:23 EDT

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    Sayyed Hamid Reza Ahmadi wrote:
    
    > Hi list.
    
    Welcome to SeeSat-L.
    
    > Me and 4 of my friends have seen a moving triangular satellite 
    > formation, which based on data I obtained from Internet, it must have 
    > been one of the NOSS constellations.
    >    
    > This is the observation data:
    > 
    > location: ( 35º 46' 43.37" N ) ( 52º 00' 37.87" E )
    > It is located in Iran, 50 Kilometers east of Tehran.
    > 
    > Date/Time :   UTC = 2006 / JULY / 27  
    > from  23:55   to  23:59   (local 28 JULY)
    > 
    > Motion direction in the sky : from South to North
    
    The NOSS 2-1 constellation is a good match. Here is a prediction of the pass you
    observed:
    
    http://www.heavens-above.com/PassDetails.asp?SatID=20691&lat=35.77871&lng=52.010
    52&alt=0&loc=Unspecified&TZ=Iran&Date=38925.9972647897
    
    Information on the NOSS satellite catalogue numbers is available here:
    
    http://www.satobs.org/noss.html#NOSS2
    
    Ted Molczan
    
    
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