Kevin took a video of NOSS 2-1: http://www.kfetter.com/satvideo/noss/NOSS%202-1.wmv Ive seen these birds only once before some 15 years ago (incredibly faint, a streetlamp 300' away obscured them in an area otherwise unpolluted by light) and they are fascinating to watch. Greg Ted Molczan wrote: > Chris Zietkiewicz wrote: > > >> Ted, I recall a maximum elevation of about 70 to 75 degrees >> on a compass heading of 60 degrees >> > > Your observation report is in reasonable agreement with the NOSS 2-1 triad. > > The US STRATCOM catalogue numbers of the three NOSS 2-1 objects are 20691, 20692 > and 20642. > > Here is a plot of object 20691 on the pass you observed: > > http://www.heavens-above.com/PassDetails.asp?Session=kebgcphanmhenddajdfegchm&sa > tid=20691&date=39597.1842208796 > > Information on the NOSS satellites is available here: > > http://www.satobs.org/noss.html > > Ted Molczan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > > -- Gregory S. Williams gregwilliams(at)knology.net k4hsm(at)knology.net http://www.etskywarn.net http://www.twiar.org http://www.icebearnation.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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