Three bright unknowns - but identified
Bjoern Gimle (b_gimle@algonet.se)
Tue, 9 Sep 1997 12:09:45 +0200
By chance, I discovered a bright (+2m) satellite rising in NE,
about 3 degrees below alp Cas, soon after it culminated.
Very fast, I timed 3.8 seconds over 7.1 degrees at 19:10:30 UT.
Soon after, I identified it as Long March debris
Long March 2 deb 628 x 178 km
1 24930U 97048F 97249.59142389 .00675808 -14208-5 58634-3 0 140
2 24930 86.3454 123.8232 0331881 151.4170 210.5739 15.54891933 762
The E piece, in a lower orbit, should have decayed yesterday.
F may last till Oct.6
Around 19:29 I saw a magnitude +1 steady object from zenith to
right of bet Peg, two minutes later one just as bright and fast
on a parallell track left of bet Peg.
They were soon identified as #23748 (EORSAT Cosmos 2326)
and #24294 (SL-6 rocket 96-50 D)
Long March 2 deb 628 x 178 km
1 24930U 97048F 97249.59142389 .00675808 -14208-5 58634-3 0 140
2 24930 86.3454 123.8232 0331881 151.4170 210.5739 15.54891933 762
Cosmos 2326 6.0 0.0 0.0 4.2 v
1 23748U 95071A 97247.41028609 .00000000 00000-0 00000+0 0 1783
2 23748 65.0081 184.8392 0006720 304.8886 55.1555 15.52065745 96903
Magion 5 r1 7.4 2.4 0.0 3.9 v
1 24294U 96050D 97247.32628308 .00060204 75726-5 40552-3 0 3865
2 24294 62.7491 195.7198 0356707 164.3533 196.8987 15.21866130 55499
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