Spacecom has the following names and elsets for the 02 42 objects: USERS 1 27515U 02042A 02253.78828659 .00493932 00000-0 11419-1 0 36 2 27515 30.3864 147.8534 0011303 279.9242 80.0113 15.39484728 72 DRTS 1 27516U 02042B 02253.72359346 .00189396 00000-0 46579-2 0 24 2 27516 30.4107 148.2800 0010027 270.8102 89.2026 15.38815673 50 H-2A R/B(1) 1 27517U 02042C 02253.85303826 .00193253 00000-0 46134-2 0 25 2 27517 30.4007 147.4119 0011804 284.1611 75.7733 15.39686866 79 H-2A DEB 1 27519U 02042E 02253.85297509 .00250286 00000-0 58873-2 0 20 2 27519 30.4114 147.4023 0012701 289.1345 70.8131 15.39905217 72 H-2A DEB 1 27520U 02042F 02254.04788185 .00142508 00000-0 35177-2 0 39 2 27520 30.4075 146.0833 0009820 271.0379 88.9340 15.38883610 117 These elsets generated the following culmination predictions for this evening: 30.334 -97.760 Austin, TX *** 2002 Sept 11 *** Times are AM UT 27519 H-2A DEB QS IM 2.0 H M S Al Azi Dir Mag Hgt Shd Rng Phs 1 40 43 30 200 270 2.6 285 191 517 89 This object was very bright. Ed Cannon estimated that it varied from 1.5 to 2.5. I assume that it is a fairing that covered the second payload. 27517 H-2A R/B(1) QS IM 1.5 H M S Al Azi Dir Mag Hgt Shd Rng Phs 1 40 52 30 200 270 2.1 285 190 518 89 This object was also very bright. Ed also estimated that it varied from 1.5 to 2.5. I was watching only this culmination spot through my 12x80 scope, so I could not judge such bright magnitudes or see them vary in the few seconds that they took to pass through my field of view. 27515 USERS QS IM 5.0 H M S Al Azi Dir Mag Hgt Shd Rng Phs 1 41 0 30 200 270 5.7 285 189 519 89 This object was about 6th magnitude and steady. 27516 DRTS QS IM 3.5 H M S Al Azi Dir Mag Hgt Shd Rng Phs 1 41 27 30 200 269 4.2 286 189 521 88 This object was fairly bright. Ed said that it brightened up to mag 2.0 in the southeast for a few seconds. 27520 H-2A DEB H M S Al Azi Dir Mag Hgt Shd Rng Phs 1 41 28 30 200 270 286 188 521 88 This object was not seen. The decaying GPS PAM #22448 was not seen at 2:32 UT or 4:03 UT. Ed should also report: Iridium 920 gave many bright flashes with a period of 0.6 seconds. The Cosmos 2389 rocket has slowed a little from a 3.0 second period to a 3.2 second period in the last week. Mike McCants Austin, TX ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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