on 14-OCT-07 Oleinikoff Nikolay wrote about Lacrosse 5 disappearances: >14 Aug 2007 >In 20:14:53 - flare (? m.) >And 20:15:14 - disappeared. >In 20:17:03 - now re-appeared with flash +1.0 m. >And 20:17:15 - disappeared. >In 20:17:18 - now re-appearance +2.0 m. (+/-3s.) I just remembered having taken a few pictures of Lacrosse 5 at the time. The first 15 sec exposure started at 20:11:44 UT, 14-AUG-07 and showed a very bright (about mag 1.5) Lacrosse 5 trail. Shortly after the exposure was finished the satellite quickly faded and I lost track of it in the bright city sky of mine. But on a second photo I took at 20:12:37 UT it showed up as a very weak trail at least 3 mag less than before. It must have disappeared at about 20:12:15 UT. Checking with the times that Oleinikoff Nikolay found (and assuming that this disappearance is intrinsic to the satellite and doesn't depend on the observer) it would mean that it dissappeared on that pass every two minutes. Gerhard HOLTKAMP Darmstadt, Germany 49.8822N, 8.6558E ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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