Re: Lacrosse 3 Rk and Lacrosse 3

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>The Titan 4 upper stage was observed to be in good agreement with the
>elements from OIG.  It was tumbling slowly to magnitude 1.

I missed the first day opportunities because of work, but on Oct.25
at 16:46:36 UT I saw it at magnitude +6, one flash to +4.5, on a short
arc 5.5 degrees above the horizon (az.221.5, about 3 s early),
a situation similar to when I saw the Clementine Titan (no elset).
I missed Lacrosse 3, probably because I assumed it would have left
the parking orbit and/or be to faint, and returned to observation
after more than one minute !

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