Since 3/16/02 (!). It has been busy, with limited time at my home PC ... On 3/31/02 we had the chance to look from a dark site at the Valley of Fire, NE of Las Vegas NV. Well worth a visit. Good passes by ISS, 27397 Shenzhou III, and by 27398 CZ-2F r. The latter was one of the most impressive passes that I've seen: close to decay, fast bright, and tumbling. 4/4/02 a mag 1 evening pass by 17590 Cosmos 1833 r. 4/17/02 a nice evening pass as Atlantis led the ISS by about 10 deg. At the start of the pass, low phase angle, ISS was especially bright. 4/18/02 a mag 2 evening pass by 07338 Cosmos 660 r. 4/21/02 a mag 2 evening pass by 25861 Okean-O r. This used to flash wonderfully, but I imagine that the flash period is now much longer than the time of a typical pass. On this occasion I saw it when it was well-oriented and bright. Look forward to seeing GRACE 1 & GRACE 2! Best, Mark ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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