It is possible that western US can see the flashes Rainer has seen - Europe may be losing it's chances from today on. Low in NNW around midnight. Or, more accurately and general, around RA 16:30 Dec.+50. (Apologies, Rob, your graph was made for 7:30 local time instead of UT, but the RA/Dec is OK) There don't seem to be any flash events for Australia, and for South Africa it rises some 10 degrees from the flash track, and just gets further away. /Björn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Björn Gimle" > To: "Rainer Kracht" > > > Rainer, > > > > Thanks for your reports. As you say, it's a short arc that is observed, > > and the arc of the surface normals is just from 9:21 -23 to (9:28 -31) > > to 9:31 -27 ( a slight "random" spread of about 2 degrees) > > > > If these values are reasonably correct, the spin axis is in the > > equatorial plane, at RA 03:30, and you/we will be losing it tomorrow > > ( 1 deg off ) > > > > I also lose it today, because clouds have returned, after just one > > sunny day (and one day I wasn't home) > > > > /Björn > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Rainer Kracht" > > To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> ... > > > > > > An image of the Sep 21 flashes is at > > > http://home.t-online.de/home/R.Kracht/flashes.htm. > > > > > > The flashes appeared each night at the same spot in the sky > > > and about four minutes earlier each day. > > > ... > > > > > Cosmos 2217 is an Oko early-warning satellite in a Molniya orbit. > > > > > > 92069A > > > 1 22189U 92069A 03260.96580728 -.00000274 00000-0 00000+0 0 9324 > > > 2 22189 67.0363 129.6414 6514051 240.6557 40.1409 2.00664599 79945 > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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