Re: unid slow flasher 6/8/03 in Corvus

From: Tony Beresford (aberesford@iprimus.com.au)
Date: Mon Jun 09 2003 - 12:14:52 EDT

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    At 00:15 10/06/03, Y.K CHIA wrote:
    >Hi folks:
    >    
    >     In reviewing my video for meteor I came across this short streak ( see link for image). Video replay indicated a slow moving satellite with flash cylce of 11 seconds. ( take only a few timing, might not capture the true 'cycle').  I tried alldat.tle and mccantls.tle but with no matches close to the vicinity of this one. Please help to ID. Thanks
    >    http://www.geocities.com/yeongkwong99/satspatrol2.htm
    >
    >    Sat itself is not visible between flashes. (dimmer than +7).
    >    
    >    Date: June 08 '03 Sunday
    >    Time: SGP 20:16:42 or UT 12:16:42
    >    Direction of travel : southbound pass close to beta Corvus(see image link above) .
    I believe this is 13606 1982 100D, Glonass2, USSR navigational satellite, in a 65 degree,
    near 12 hour circular orbit. 
    Tony Beresford
    
    
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