Re: Help with unid

From: Makoto Kamada (m_kamada@nifty.com)
Date: Fri Jun 03 2011 - 02:42:49 UTC

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    On 2011/06/03 7:01, Ted Molczan wrote:
    > Tom Laskowski wrote:
    >
    >> I saw a slowly tumbling, slow-moving satellite while watching the clouds
    >> drift in last night here at the Texas Star Party.
    >>
    >> I got two approximate positions as it passed just north of Rasalgethi then
    >> just above Rasalhague at 04:41:41 ut and 04:42:06 respectively.
    >>
    >> 04:41:41 UT   17h 15.4m  +14 34.5
    >> 04:42:06 UT   17h 35.6m  +12 47.5
    >>
    >> My location: Prude Ranch @ N30 36' 37", W103 55' 32
    >>
    >> I came up empty with Findsat and IDsat.
    >>
    >> Any ideas?  I will look again tonight if the sky cooperates.
    >
    > Your observations are pretty accurate; IDSat reveals that the object is the rocket body of Sinosat 2 (06048B / 29517).
    >
    > Ted Molczan
    
    Screen shot of the Satellite Tracker 3D:
    http://mada.la.coocan.jp/sat/screenshot/20110602a.png
    
    Makoto Kamada
    
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