Hi Art, > As I looked almost due west, I saw something do multiple flares. > I've seen plenty of operational Iridiums flare, and these flares > were similar, but there were at least three, maybe four, in the > space of about 20 degrees of a pass, and I've never seen anything > do that. > The first flare looked to be close to -2 in magnitude, though I > was standing under very bright floodlights. It appeared at > about 50 to 60 degrees azimuth [elevation?] almost due west > very close to 21:23 EDT (date = 9/5). As the satellite moved > in an almost due north direction, each successive flare > was dimmer, and the object was invisible between flares. I > wonder if this was this a non-operational Iridium? Didn't find an Iridium match, but it looks like Spot 3 (#22823) is a very good possibility. Best, Rob ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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