I decided to watch some old objects, despite the light blue summer sky at my latitude, but failed to point the scope in time. The oldest ones, still orbiting, that I have seen are #00045 and #00047, 60 eta 1/3, the latter one as late as last year. The observation of #00051 60-09C Echo 1 semisphere does not match the only time click I have before USA 161, and it was 27' higher than predicted. I find no object there at the time of the click, nor near the predicted pass. If the click was for #00051, it was 297 s early, and still 11' too high, and I am pretty sure I didn't point the scope that early, at least not mistake such an early obs for the real #00051. And my prediction star field drawing is unambigous. After losing USA 161, I saw an Iridium-like flare near az 305, alt 38 RA 09:30 dec.+50, near magnitude -5 and lasting about 5s. However, there are no Iridiums predicted around that time (and not for several days). The only close match is USA 161, within 5s and a few degrees! 00051 60 009C 5919 G 20050513224141840 17 25 1440635+085808 96 S 26934 01 044A 5919 G 20050513231249380 17 25 1357869+161212 55 S 26934 01 044A 5919 G 20050513231332880 17 25 1300080+304451 57 S 26934 01 044A 5919 G 20050513231354430 17 25 1219888+375120 67 S What these numbers mean: http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle/IODprograms.htm -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, 59.2576 N, 18.6172 E, 23 m -- -- COSPAR 5918, HAMMARBY, 59.2985 N, 18.1045 E, 44 m -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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