Hello, A fellow from the Belgian Astronomical Association(VVS) has a request for identifying a flashing satellite which was observed on May 24 at 23h10m UTC. The satellite came from the constellation Hercules and went through UMA. I have no exact location coordinates but it must have been close to 5d15m E and 50d50m N. This satellite has been observed by more than one observer and flares of it were seen every 3 to 4 seconds. The flares had a maximum brightness of about mag -1 and the overall brightness of the satellite was mag +3. Bram Dorreman, president from the BWGS, suggested that it could be a fragment from an exploded rocket stage in a polar orbit. I didn't find any candidate, can someone else identify it ? Greetings, Tristan Cools t.cools@yucom.be Belgian Working Group Satellites(BWGS) Ryckevelde: 3.2856E/51.2045N - OBS place 2 Brugge: 3.2166E/51.2104N - OBS place 3(home) Primary site http://gallery.uunet.be/tcools/satimage/index.htm Mirror site http://www.satimage.bwgs.yucom.be/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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