In a message dated Wed, 5 Sep 2001 2:47:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Harro.Zimmer@t-online.de (Harro Zimmer) writes: > 1975-076B (#08128) Cosmos 756 RB > There are two interesting sunlit passes over the USA + Canada around the decay > window. > > 09:54 UTC (39.50°N, 72.88°W) - 09:59 UTC (5540°N, 66.33°W, North Labrador) > There is a good visibility (EL about 34°) from the New York area around > 09:55 UTC. Of regional interest: In the Baltimore-Washington area Cosmos 756 Rk (if it survives) should pass R->L..... below Sirius at 5:53:45 EDT (9:53:45 UTC) below alp-CMi at 5:54:10 EDT (9:54:10 UTC) above Venus at 5:54:30 EDT (5:54:30 UTC) With increasing drag the pass may be sooner than advertised. Newly launched LRE (26898,01038A) will be moving slowly R->L under Sirius from 5:40 to 5:50 EDT (9:40 to 9:50 EDT). Although it looks like it will be near its perigee of 36,000km, with reflecting mirrors (hopefully) spinning it may look like EGP. I haven't seen any observations reported yet. Last evening 2 experienced observers reported an apparent -2 mag Iridium flare at 1:03 UTC, 5 Sept. Iridium 73 matched the time, location, and direction of travel. Iridflar did not predict the flare but there was a flare predicted several minutes later by Skymap. I researched Iridium 73 and found a January 2001 thread that described it as a kind of lost child in the Iridium system - not a spare, not functional by not yet spinning. The location of the observers was 39.314N 76.879W (by dead reckoning). Cheers, Don Gardner 39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/sat/seesat/seesatindex.html
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