An interesting question. This was the first Sea Launch and the payload was 25661 99014A Sea Launch Demosat. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1999-014A http://www.sea-launch.com/past_demosat.html http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/spacewarn/spx545.html http://www.tbs-satellite.com/tse/online/sat_demosat.html Further details can also be obtained by clicking the "Zenit" link on the last listing above. According to http://www.russianspaceweb.com/zenit.html (which contains a cutaway view) the ZENIT-3 was originally intended for launch of geostationary satellites from Baikonur but was never used for that purpose.and instead became a base for the SeaLaunch project. Here is an observation report from 1999: http://satobs.org/seesat/Mar-1999/0472.html (A previous posting gave TLEs which are superseded by the above.) 99014B was observed by Greg Roberts 1 April 2005 http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Apr-2005/0029.html Robert Holdsworth Wainuiomata New Zealand 41.261S 174.948E ----- Original Message ----- From: "chiayk" <chiayk1@singnet.com.sg> To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 2:40 AM Subject: SL-16 R/B 99014B flashes? March 03 '06 > Hi folks: > > Tonight just before the system bomb out due to running of out-of-HDD > space.I noticed there is a bright sat trail with x1 bright flash. > The trajectory and timing matches SL-16 R/B1 99014B - there is one single > entry in PPAS.. > > My question what object is this? And does it have mirror surface(s) or > any one saw such flash before. ( or what i have seen happen to be a > one-off reflection.. due to favorable sun-obj-observer angle?) > > rgds > ykchia > www.ykchia.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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