> > While prowling the the geostationary belt, I found a satellite that is not > in either alldat.tle or in Jonathan McDowell's geostationary orbit catalog. > > It lies between Intelsat 709 (23915 96035A) and Intelsat 706 (23571 95023A). > >From timings of passage of stars, it is 0.55 degrees east of 706. That puts > it at 52.41 W. > > For anyone who wishes to check my arithmetic, a star reaches the UNID 131 > seconds before it reaches Intelsat 706. > > When I first observed it, back in December 1999, I assumed it was a very > slow drifter. I spent the winter in the UK and didn't confirm the beast > until a week ago and it has not moved. I have seen it several times in the > same position. > > My guess is that it is a military comsat of some sort. Any ideas?? > > Brian > The Satellite's Encyclopedia (1995) has DSCS 3-05 (92-6A, 21873) at 52 West. Rainer ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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