Introduction and report
Jens Lerch (fxws326@rz.uni-frankfurt.d400.de)
Sat, 1 Nov 1997 20:02:42 +1
Hello!
Having completed an hour of satellite watching, I want to share my
results and introduce myself to the SeeSat mailing list.
I'm watching satellites since I have access to the Internet (mid 1996).
My favorite satellite is Mir, because I can show it to my whole
family, including grandparents, and they will recognize it.
I've seen Soyuz TM-24 in August 96 on its way to Mir and the Space
Shuttle Atlantis three times: First after undocking during STS-82,
second on the pad at KSC in August 97 awaiting launch to STS-86 and
third after undocking during STS-86 in September 97.
My favorite satellite related experience was the launch of a Delta 7920-8
carrying NASA's Advanced Composition Explorer on 25. August.
I was at Jetty Park Cocoa Beach two days in a row, because shrimp
boats caused a delay of one day.
My best Iridium flare was until now was Mag -2.7.
Recently I've organized the live broadcast of the launch of
Cassini/Huygens and Ariane 502 at my Gymnasium (German for
high-school:-).
Satellites I saw this evening (in a city of 600000 :-( ):
Name Number Desig. Date UTC Mag
Radcat 6212 72076A 11/01/97 17:00 5.0
Cosmos 2322 r 23705 95058B 11/01/97 17:46 2.5
UARS 21701 91063B 11/01/97 17:52 2.5 Flare to 0.0
Cosmos 895 r 9854 77015B 11/01/97 17:57 4.0
Okean 1-7 r 23318 94066B 11/01/97 18:13 4.0
I picked UARS up at magnitude 0 as it rose from the east, it dimmed
after 10 seconds.
Jens A. Lerch
Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany
50.138N 8.684E 140m UTC+1h
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Jens A. Lerch
fxws326@uni-frankfurt.de
http://www.home.pages.de/~jens.lerch/
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