Hello Ron, I imaged SAOCOM 1-A several times. This Argentine radar satellite is indeed quite bright. A nice addition to the other radar sats we can observe. While most of the other radar sats are classified, SAOCOM 1-A is not. The TLE's are on Space-Track. Regards Leo <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virusvrij. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> Op ma 5 nov. 2018 om 22:57 schreef ronlee--- via Seesat-l < seesat-l_at_satobs.org>: > This morning I went outside before sunrise and while > looking to see what constellations were visible I noticed > a star grouping that was odd. My first thought was Leo. > > I looked around a bit then back to that area and the odd > star was moving. Watch it a while. Northbound. Apparent > sun-synchronous orbit. > > It passes to the west of Polaris and I go inside to get an > approximate time. > > Later using Skymap, SAOCOM 1-A, #43641, 18076A was a good match. > > It was roughly as bright or brighter than Regulus. > > This was a northbound pass. 87 degrees elevation, east of zenith. > > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Tue Nov 06 2018 - 01:07:35 UTC
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