Hello John Do a goggle on Superbird A Spacecraft and you will get some good references there is one really good one that I use all the time its Mark Wade's site. Robert >From: John Culberson <jac@culbersonforcongress.com> >To: Leo Barhorst <leobarhorst@zonnet.nl> >CC: seesat-l <seesat-l@satobs.org> >Subject: Re: Superbird A returned >Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 23:17:56 -0400 > >What type of satellite is Superbird A? Orbital information on Heavens >Above contains no description of its origins, purpose size etc. > >thanks > >John Culberson > >Leo Barhorst wrote: > > > After a splendid clear evening yesterday in which I made 15 obs > > to be reported later, I looked this morning for Superbird A. > > As I didn't know the exact time when it was supposed te start > > flashig, I started observing around 03 UT. > > At around 03:19 UT I spotted a faint flash near the predicted > > spot for Superbird A, to be sure I waited for the next flash, > > also a faint one. > > Then I started timing on the next flash and could time 31 flashes > > before it stopped flashing. > > Some flashes were mag 3 other were mag 6 or even 7. > > > > 89- 41 A 02-09-13 03:25:00 LB 351.1 0.2 31 11.32 Ff, 3(6)->i > > > > 0 0 0:00.00 > > 1 11.27 0:11.27 > > 2 11.29 22.58 > > 3 11.39 33.91 > > 4 11.32 45.23 > > 5 11.29 56.52 > > 6 11.30 1:07.82 > > 7 11.31 19.13 > > 8 11.34 30.47 > > 9 11.32 41.79 > > 10 11.38 53.17 > > 11 11.39 2:04.56 > > 12 11.18 15.72 > > 13 11.32 27.04 > > 14 11.33 38.37 > > 15 11.42 49.79 > > 16 11.25 3:01.04 > > 17 11.30 12.34 > > 18 11.41 23.75 > > 19 11.28 35.03 > > 20 11.41 46.44 > > 21 11.32 57.76 > > 22 11.28 4:09.04 > > 23 10.94 19.98 timed too early > > 24 11.73 31.71 > > 25 11.38 43.09 > > 26 11.28 54.37 > > 27 11.31 5:05.68 > > 28 11.40 17.08 > > 29 11.33 28.41 > > 30 11.46 39.87 > > 31 11.20 5:51.07 > > Greetings and clear, dark skies > > Leo Barhorst Medemblik > > 52.76350 N 5.09114 E 2 m ASL > > http://www.home.zonnet.nl/leobarhorst/index.html > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >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 Robert Oler WB5MZO Houston TX _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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