Cosmos 2282 for Tuesday night

From: Matson, Robert (ROBERT.D.MATSON@saic.com)
Date: Wed Sep 11 2002 - 14:38:35 EDT

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    Hi All,
    
    Got another timing on Cosmos 2282 last night, though as others
    have noted the brightness of the flashes has dropped off quite
    a bit.  I didn't see any brighter than +5; most were +6.5 or
    dimmer, and some weren't visible at all (limiting magnitude
    ~+8 for flashes):
    
    Cosmos 2282 (#23168)
    94- 38A 02-09-11 04:32:57.8 RM 1371.56 0.05  66 20.7812 +5/+7 --> inv
    
    (Separate report sent to PPAS).
    
    Satellite spin-up continues, with period decreasing at about
    0.0113 seconds per day.  If the trend continues, the period
    will be down to 20.0 seconds by mid-November.
    
    Saw two LEOs while timing C2282 -- one at 10 Sep 21:06:10 PDT
    northbound, the other at 21:10:20 southbound.  First turns out
    to have been Cosmos 1226 R/B (#12092) at mag +6.3 (1.2 mags
    dimmer than predicted); the other was Meteor 2-11 (#15099) at
    mag +5.
    
    Cheers,
    Rob
    
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