unknown
by way of tcools@pophost.innet.be (tcools@pophost.innet.be)
Sun, 22 Oct 1995 11:36:47 +0100
Last night I saw a unknown satellite moving from approximately theta Dra
in the direction of gamma Umi were it disappeared(in the Earth's shadow ?).
The satellite had an orange colour and could be seen with the naked eye,
magnitude was estimated to +3. As it was moving rather fast I thought this
satellite could be in a 500 km orbit.
Here below you see a possible candidate for this observation. However I
thought the satellite I saw was moving in a more northerly direction. I
also think that 79093A couldn't be so bright and there is no indication that
it went into the Earth's shadow at the position of gamma Umi.(maybe 79093A
was in a slow tumble but the object I saw disappeared rather fast)
Are there any other candidates ?
TRAKSAT Version 2.80
Tracking Station: BRUGES,BELGIUM
[ Line Of Sight (LOS) Visibility ]
Satellite: 79093 A
Satellite Data Set:
1 11600U 79093 A 95283.16045139 .00000556 00000-0 30298-4 0 4797
2 11600 81.2575 321.5937 0005366 131.4110 228.7576 15.12773635869919
Date Time (UTC) Azim Elev Range Ra Dec Alt
HR:MN:Sec Deg Deg Km HH:MM:SS DD:MM:SS Km
-- Rev # 87168 --
Sat 21Oct95 19:23:00.0 204.56 1.78 2461.51 19:36:01 -33:06:12 530
Sat 21Oct95 19:24:00.0 206.92 6.19 2054.09 19:33:08 -28:10:31 530
Sat 21Oct95 19:25:00.0 210.43 11.80 1654.75 19:27:55 -21:44:05 531
Sat 21Oct95 19:26:00.0 216.30 19.57 1273.52 19:18:37 -12:26:56 531
Sat 21Oct95 19:27:00.0 228.08 31.30 935.32 19:00:49 +02:39:44 532
Sat 21Oct95 19:28:00.0 258.26 46.87 707.14 18:20:50 +28:44:54 533
Sat 21Oct95 19:29:00.0 314.17 47.04 706.29 16:22:20 +60:11:39 533
Sat 21Oct95 19:30:00.0 344.35 31.56 933.26 12:08:02 +67:15:23 534
Sat 21Oct95 19:31:00.0 356.16 19.82 1270.65 10:10:45 +58:31:26 534
Sat 21Oct95 19:32:00.0 2.07 12.04 1651.11 09:31:12 +50:51:14 535
Sat 21Oct95 19:33:00.0 5.63 6.43 2049.57 09:13:18 +45:02:08 536
Sat 21Oct95 19:34:00.0 8.05 2.02 2455.96 09:03:37 +40:24:18 536
Tristan Cools(tcools@nic.INbe.net at 5113N and 0316E)