I was set up to try to see DMSP 7 but saw this one instead. I was using my 8x42 binoculars. I did not find a match in the Space-Track catalog or the classfd.tle file. Most of the LEOs were over with by this time. Ney Museum grounds -- 30.307N, 97.727W, 150m unid - southbound in the west to south-southwest 2005 October 30 UTC (Saturday evening Oct 29 local time; epoch 2000) 1:56:59.22 19:18.8 +19.4 1:57:33.75 19:47.4 +10.7 1:58:30.74 20:28.2 -02.8 1:59:00.17 20:51.4 -09.1 2:00:11.47 21:26.7 -22.4 This is the best point; it went very close to the star zeta CAP. Obsentry version 98989 05 302A 8730 G 20051030015659200 17 35 1918800+194000 37 S+050 10 98989 05 302A 8730 G 20051030015733750 17 35 1947400+107000 37 S+050 10 98989 05 302A 8730 G 20051030015830700 17 35 2028200-028000 37 S+050 10 98989 05 302A 8730 G 20051030015900200 17 35 2051400-091000 37 S+050 10 98989 05 302A 8730 G 20051030020011500 17 35 2126700-224000 37 S+050 10 Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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