Most 'R/B' objects that you previously asked about flash, though many of the older ones have very long periods. In many cases it is the 'B' object of a launch, some Soviet ones are 'J' objects, and there are some others. Dan Deak's (discontinued?) page of fast flashers is at http://www.obsat.com/discodesc_e.htm At the introductory page http://www.satobs.org/tumble/tumbleintro.html near the top there is a link to the PPAS database page, and there you find the 'program' file for Belgian Working Group Satellites "Dead" satellites usually flash - some of them are in Dan's page above. Others can even be seen in geostationary orbits, but since they have a quite stable rotation axis, the Sun-Sat-Observer angle changes very slowly from day to day, and it is quite difficult to know where (and when) flashes (often up to mag +4 or better!) can be seen. A (discontinued) list of catalog numbers from Tony is: 04069 06796 09880 10778 10779 11648 11669 11841 12089 12474 12497 12545 13080 13624 13669 14985 15484 15677 15698 15994 16101 16275 16769 17046 17083 17873 18570 18631 18951 19017 19217 19397 19483 19596 19621 19765 19772 19919 20040 20168 20302 20705 20771 21132 21392 21533 21668 21759 22189 22907 22927 23168 23230 23249 24820 http://www.satobs.org/iridium.html#listing has a list of inoperable/tumbling Iridium satellites /Björn > >Anyone here know for a Blinking satellite? > >I'm interested in see one. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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