Confirmed that what I saw flashing Friday evening was Cosmos 1030 (78-083A, 11015, an Oko). Last night (early Dec 22 UTC) many flashes were very easy to see without binoculars. Flash period was 3.36 seconds; PPAS report: 78- 83 A 03-12-22 01:46:42 EC 87.4 0.2 26 3.36 +1.5->inv Cosmos 1030 1 11015U 78083A 03348.74648096 .00000028 00000-0 -11643-3 0 6510 2 11015 62.2447 201.0967 7483061 196.2469 110.6577 2.00381451185922 As it's very nearly synchronous, it does almost identical passes a few minutes earlier each night, disappearing southbound low in our SSW. More PPAS reports: USA 102 (23031) some maxima -1 either 20 or 21 December -- 94- 17 B 03-12-20 00:43:01 EC 62.5 0.2 15 4.17 +1->inv Yuri 3B (21668), in the past some maxima have been visible without binoculars -- 91- 60 A 03-12-20 04:19:51 EC 3798.5 0.4 52 73.05 +4.0->inv Shi Jian 4 Rk (22997) -- 94- 10 C 03-12-21 01:37:17 EC 71.3 0.5 9 7.9 +3.5->inv BCRC observing site: 30.315N, 97.866W, 280m Regarding TLEs, upon further thought, I think I could help track Globarstars also. But I wonder if the elements of constellations like that and Iridium and Orbcomm will be publicly available. Sunday evening BCRC was illuminated by a very bright fireball meteor. Mike said that it lit up the ground. I was looking at the USA 160 pair with binoculars and the light in my peripheral vision drew me to look quickly enough to see it fragmenting at the end. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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