After a sunny, hot summer (but with blue nights as usual here) we now have lots of clouds, wind and rain, especially nights. Gone to sleep while completely overcast, I woke up at 01:30 local time, and found a clear sky (for half an hour or so, then thin clouds and drifting dense clouds reappeared). Five stray sats, five Perseids and two Cygnids (?!) One of the strays was DELTA 2 DEB (DPAF) #27644 03002C at mag 3-4. It is the only other object from ICESAT/CHIPSAT launch, and has a substantial RCS, so it ought to be the rocket. You may select to omit DEB objects on SpaceTrack, or use other means to exclude them from predictions, but there are more large objects that you would miss, e.g. Breeze Rk APT tanks (Kevin's favourites) -- Björn Gimle -- -- COSPAR 5917, STAR, +18.05447 (E), +59.34185 (N), 33 m -- -- COSPAR 5918 WGS84, +18.10127 (E), +59.29813 (N), 44 m -- -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, +18.6206 (E), +59.2615 (N), 33 m -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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