Re: triplets besides NOSS?

From: Björn Gimle (b_gimle@algonet.se)
Date: Thu Sep 11 2003 - 16:54:23 EDT

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    The only triangle (with parallell tracks) I found above 55 degree
    altitude around 01:15 UTC was OV1-9, 65-16D and 70-25BA, but only 65-16D
    was moving N (the other two anti-parallell) and all are faint.
    
    Using a wider time range (+-3.5 min) I get lots of (faint) tracks, but
    it's hard to discern triangles on parallell paths. 91-68AJ is running
    parallell with Cosmos 1553 Rk, but at 2/3 the speed.
    
    What is your time accuracy, and where did the triangle move in relation
    to Vega-Deneb-Altair ?
    
    Mitchell1.gif is made with mag limit of +7, but Mitchell2.gif and the
    report files were produced with mag 12.
    
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    
    > While stargazing the night of September 8 from Erie, PA USA (42.072N
    > 80.143W) around 21:30 EDT or September 9 01:30 UT three of us saw a
    > widely spaced trio of satellites travelling North at zenith at approx
    > mag -1.  No joke, they were obviously brighter than vega at 0 mag.
    
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