... > May 25th - the evening was clear and USA 129 made a nice almost-overhead > pass (coming out of the shadow from Arcturus and swinging by the end > of the big dipper). I saw the satellite at Arcturus and just about > the time it got to the big dipper handle, I saw a single -5 flash Very often do I see negative magnitude flashes from USA 129/116 (and previous KeyHoles), usually in the E-S-SW, sometimes 2-5 flashes with irregular intervals. One special occasion was in the NE during the Kursk incident, and I speculated it might be repositioning cameras for several targets. -- bjorn.gimle@tietotech.se (office) -- -- b_gimle@algonet.se (home) http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle -- -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, 59.2576 N, 18.6172 E, 23 m -- -- COSPAR 5918, HAMMARBY, 59.2985 N, 18.1045 E, 44 m -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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