Foton-M 2 and rocket obs

From: Leo Barhorst (leobarhorst@zonnet.nl)
Date: Tue May 31 2005 - 19:10:21 EDT

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    Just observed the new Foton-M 2 and its rocket.
    Quite a nice view seeing two bright objects crossing the sky
    rather close together and one flashing.
    
      The URL explaning the numbers :
       http://www.satobs.org/tumble/flashpm.html#PPASformat
    
    05- 20 A 05-05-31 22:50:32.8 LB                       S, 3
    Timed it passing the same star as 05 20 B did 25.42 sec later.
    
    05- 20 B 05-05-31 22:50:07   LB   46.7 0.2   8  5.84  FF, 2->6
    Timings: 3.06 2.53 3.10 2.78 3.24 2.57 3.19 2.93 3.14 2.43
    3.03 3.11 3.19 2.59 2.97 2.84 sec.
    Seems a combined period.
    
    2005: 284 obs
    PPAS: 13876 obs
    
    Greetings and clear, dark skies
    Leo Barhorst, Medemblik NL
    Cospar 4252 52.76350 N 5.09114 E 2 m ASL
    http://www.home.zonnet.nl/leobarhorst/index.html
     
    
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