Re: Oldest SAT

Sue Worden (worden@freeside.fc.net)
Mon, 7 Jun 1999 22:33:24 -0500 (CDT)

> From: Hedgepet@stihl.de
> Subject: Oldest SAT
> Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 22:17:16 +0200 
> [ ... ]
> Vanguard 1 (58002B/00005)
> I don't think I have ever read of a sighting by anyone in the group.

I managed to see Vanguard 1 a few months ago through a 16-inch
reflector, with digital setting circles used to pre-position it
correctly to QuickSat predicted Ra/Dec.  My post about that is
in the SeeSat-L HyperMail archives at the URL:

   http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/Mar-1999/0309.html

--Sue Worden (worden@fc.net)