Michael P. Murphy wrote: >Observed OFEQ 3, 23549 (95 18 A) this morning at 10:31 UTC, just after >culmination near the moon. Quite a strange sight, going "backwards" across >the sky from east to west! Yes, it is a neat sight. If you like extremely retrograde orbits, there were three mid 1960's launches in the U.S.A.'s OV series that went into 144+ deg inclinations. Here are the major pieces that remain in orbit: 65078A 1613 OV1 2 65078B 1616 OV1 2 r 66025A 2121 OV1 4 66025B 2122 OV1 5 66025C 2123 OV1 5 r 66025D 2124 OV1 4 r 66063C 2328 OV1 8 r All of these payloads and rocket bodies are small, but should be visible in binoculars. The 65078 objects have a 400 km perigee height, so they should be easy to observe at least some of the time. Those two objects are included in my weekly xxx.n2l file. Ted Molczan