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 _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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