Re: flares from igs7 with other satellite

From: tristan.cools--- via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 23:07:34 +0200
Thanks Marco, what a coincidence !

greetings,
Tristan Cools
BWGS

Op di 19 mei 2020 om 22:28 schreef Marco Langbroek <marco_at_langbroek.org>:

> Op 19-5-2020 om 21:08 schreef tristan.cools--- via Seesat-l:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On may 17 2020 at 21:51UTC I observed two satellites travelling in close
> in
> > the same direction to the constellation of UMA.  One of the satellites
> had
> > some bright flares, I quickly identified this as IGS7A Radar or
> > 2011-75A/37954.  The leading satellite was somewhat fainter but I
> couldn't
> > identify it.  It did not find any candidates in the classified file from
> > Mike but I suppose this is the optical variant of IGS7 ?  Just a guess.
>
>
> The leading sat was actually IGS 7. The trailing sat likely was Saudisat 5A
> (2018-102A) that was following in a very similar track some 6.5 degrees
> behind
> IGS 7.
>
> - Marco
>
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