Re: Unknown Flasher

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>As i was watching Quikscat r #25790 99034B pass by to the East, i caught a
>very bright flash (est mag of -6) high to the North at 02:50:04 26 Sep UTC


This was the same as Jonathan Dietrich saw, and I and Don Gardner replied.
Norad #10820   International ID: 78042A    Orbit #111356
Name:  "DMSP B5D1-3      6.4  1.7  0.0  6.5 v 6.64"

>It may have been a DMSP satellite (DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE
PROGRAM).
>They will flare unpredictably from time to time. This one is a reasonable
>match to your obs (I am assuming that you meant EDT [UTC -4] and not EST):
>
>DMSP B5D1-3      6.4  1.7  0.0  6.5 v            800 x 786
>1 10820U 78042A   99265.52514516  .00000416  00000-0  17926-3 0  2286
>2 10820  98.5791 100.5423 0009703 126.0784 234.1309 14.29621073113567

With this elset, it was at az 000 el 73 at 02:50:31,
az 230 el 80 at 02:51:17

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