Despite a hazy night sky, Cosmos 2372 r was easily seen as it 'blinked' along. At 02:19:26 4 Oct UTC +/- 3 sec it passed approx 1 deg above (S) of Polaris. Mag varied but it was easily seen at 1x even with the haze and it is tumbling quite rapidly. Cosmos 2372 r 10.0 3.8 0.0 3.5 d 25 1 26539U 00056B 00276.58697749 .00762381 00000-0 55684-3 0 254 2 26539 64.7810 166.9118 0074481 63.6270 297.2497 16.09058816 1154 A few minutes later at 02:32, Iridium 85 tum #25529 98066C made a 1x pass with only 3 flashes, 2 of which reached -1 mag. Jari 54.25N 110.11W 556m ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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