On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Thomas A. Troszak wrote: > Just happened to be outside and caught a pass of something very bright > and fast traveling from SSW passing through approx. 30 Degrees ESE > headed to NE at about 19:15:00 EST. Sorry I don't have more exact times > and directions. > > The sky was still bluish, and whatever this was was maybe mag.-1.5 or > -2. It started to fade slightly as it got low to the NE. No vapor, or > noise, or blinking, just silvery white. I'm 99.998 percent sure this > was a satellite of some kind. > > It occurs to me that I have a prediction for ISS for a WNW to NNW pass > almost exactly 90 minutes later, at 20:47:12. Seems about one rev > worth, could I possibly have seen STS-92 "chasing" the ISS, or are they > already there? I missed the launch through sheer busy-ness, phoo. > > I would be checking this out on Heavens Above, but it seems to be on the > blink. If anyone has any clues, I'd appreciate it. > -- > Tom Troszak, > Asheville, NC, USA > 35.601 N, -82.554 W > mailto:tom@bullhammer.com I observed from Massachusetts about the time you specified both a bright pass by ISS followed about 8 minutes later by a much dimmer Shuttle Discovery which entered shadow as it moved SE of me. If it helps, the QuickSat prediction I used to predict this pass is included below: 42.067 72.598 66. *** 2000 Oct 12 Thu evening *** Times are PM EDT *** 19 3 610 H M S Tim Al AziC Dir Mag Dys F Hgt Shd Rng R A Dec RCS Name 7 11 46 .0 18 206 316 1.3 1 2 241 203 643 1757-25.6 93 ISS 7 12 17 .0 24 200 311 .5 1 2 241 186 533 1830-22.1 7 12 47 .0 31 189 305 -.2 1 2 241 166 436 1916-16.7 7 13 17 .0 39 171 292 -.9 1 2 241 143 366 2019 -8.5 7 13 48 .0 44 142C 271 -1.4 1 3 241 117 337 2137 2.5 7 14 18 .0 40 111 249 -1.4 1 3 241 88 361 2259 12.8 7 14 48 .0 32 92 236 -1.0 1 3 241 55 428 0 9 19.4 7 15 19 .0 24 81 229 -.4 1 3 241 19 522 1 1 22.6 7 20 2 .0 18 198 301 .2 0 0 117 31 344 1839-28.2 STS-92 7 20 16 .0 22 190 297 -.4 0 0 117 19 294 1915-25.8 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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