Ed Cannon's UNID object appears to be a piece of NOSS-related debris. It may be 83008B / 13792, the plume shield from the NOSS 1-4 launch, known as LiPS 2, which stands for Living Plume Shield, as described here: http://code8200.nrl.navy.mil/lips.html They have been observed on occasion, but are difficult to track because they tend to be faint. Ed apparently had a very favourable pass. The following search elements fit Ed's points well, so I believe there is a reasonable chance to recover the object, especially with the aid of binoculars: LIPS 2 0.1 1.9 0.0 7.7 d 1 70000U 05303.05361527 .00000186 00000-0 10000-3 0 09 2 70000 63.3300 159.3260 0641000 59.3223 306.9373 13.40000000 04 Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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