On 22 Jun 2016 20h51-52m UT, I photographed the pass of 2016-040-A and B in HYA, LIB, VIR, before culmination, using a Canon EOS 6D + 28mm wide angle (field 70°x47°). Both satellites were in time according to the Calsky ephemeris and formed a nice triplet including 2007-001-B (Cartosat 2). As expected 2016-040-B was 12 seconds ahead of 040-A. Both satellites were also followed in VIR as mag 6.5 objects using binoculars 50x10. They were in their ninth revolution ; according to Calsky:* "Earth revolutions since launch: 8.6."* No other debris catalogued from the 2016-040 launch was detected. Regards Alain Figer Southern Alps : 44.573 N ; 6.682 E ; 1850 m a.s.l. _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Thu Jun 23 2016 - 08:58:58 UTC
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