This morning I observed the following space debris. All were observed with a pair of 10*50 binoculars. IntID/Name CatNo Source period Incl Apogee Perigee RCS ------------ ----- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- -------- 1961-015U 00134 US 103.2 66.9 975 847 2.5170 THOR ABLESTAR DEB Launched (1961/06/29) 1969-082CF 04216 US 101.5 70.1 867 793 4.1308 THORAD AGENA D DEB Launched (1969/09/30) 1975-004AN 08956 US 98.6 98.0 718 665 2.4600 DELTA 1 DEB Launched (1975/01/22) THOR ABLESTAR DEB 1 00134U 61015U 01133.76849440 +.00000123 +00000-0 +14331-3 0 09958 2 00134 066.8762 243.0436 0088173 310.8226 048.5234 13.95103486026471 THORAD AGENA D DEB 1 04216U 69082CF 01133.72130482 .00000540 00000-0 28330-3 0 565 2 04216 70.1045 219.4519 0051058 161.3311 198.9694 14.18676331859220 DELTA 1 DEB 1 08956U 75004AN 01133.90296448 +.00002000 +00000-0 +41808-3 0 05659 2 08956 097.9866 080.8723 0037448 171.4681 188.7162 14.60458263335257 1969-082CF was the brightest, estimate in the range of mag 5 to 6. The other two appeared to be brighter then mag 8, maybe around 7th mag. Also saw 2 bright flashes from ASC 1 1985-076C 15994 between 2:20-2:30 UTC May 16 appeared to be brighter then superbird a flashes. Also observed flashes from good reliable Superbird A. What a good observing night. Kevin _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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