As i was watching IGS 1B #27699 03009B make a bright mag 2 high elevation 86 deg pass, i noticed a second dimmer object approx 12 deg East of IGS 1B and heading roughly in the same direction, SSE to NNW. It was a bit slower and at 06:01:55 +/- 3 sec 1 May UTC it passed between Alioth and Mizar in Ursa Major. As i was watching those 2 objects fly thru the Big Dipper, a third sat came into view passing slightly East of Alkaid heading SSE. I was able to ID the first object as ERS-2 #23560 95021A and the other one was Cosmos 1766 r #16882 86055B. I also observed IGS Fairing 1 #27702 03009E make several nice bright neg flashes even though it was low, 27 deg, to the East while there was only 1 bright -4 mag flash, and 1 mag 1 flash by IGS Fairing 2 #27703 03009F even though it's elevation was higher at 40 deg. Jari 49.40N 125.00W 30m ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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