>I saw something do multiple flares. ... >there were at least three, maybe four, in the space of about >20 degrees of a pass.... > >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 almost due west very close to >21:23 EDT (date = 9/5). ... >I'm at lat=38.067, long=-80.434, 2950' Elevation.... SPOT 3, which definitely can do such displays, appears to be a good candidate, although these flashes seem more frequent than usual for it. Here's Quicksat output. (Local daylight saving time in WV = UTC-4:00.) 38.067 80.434 2950. West Virginia 2000 5.0 10 F F T T T *** 2002 Sept 6 Fri morning *** Times are AM UTC *** 033 10 7 H M S Tim Al Azi C Dir Mag Dys F Hgt Shd Rng EW Phs R A Dec 22823 SPOT 3 93 61A 4.7 1.8 1.8 14 f -.5 p=29 10525 PDV 1 20 59 .0 53 231 65 .3 8 1 516 341 624 1.4 89 17 6 11.3 1 21 41 .0 57 263 C 93 .3 8 2 516 368 601 1.3 99 1630 27.3 1 22 23 .0 52 293 119 .6 8 2 517 393 634 1.2 108 1540 42.1 1 23 5 .0 43 311 133 1.1 8 2 517 416 714 1.1 116 1436 52.9 Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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