Jonathan McDowell wrote: > I've had a number of people (mostly experienced observers) contact me over > the past two weeks reporting a very bright flaring satellite not matched by > obvious searches on heavens-above: > Jason Major: 0335 UTC Jul 14, Rhode Island > Casey Crandall: 1015 UTC Jul 9, Ogden, UT > Mark Marley: 1145 UTC Jul 9, San Francisco area > Ron Dantowitz: 0536 UTC Jul 10, Brookline, MA > Seems plausible the reports are related. Just random flaring Starlinks > or something else? Any ideas? > Some details attached. > - Jonathan Ron Dantowitz also contacted me regarding his sighting, which I identified as TELKOM 3 (12044A / 38744), which is a well-known flasher. It was above the horizon at the time and place of the sightings of Jason Major and Casey Crandall. It rose above the horizon 1 min. later than the time reported by Mark Marley. How precise was his time? TELKOM 3's apogee has decayed from its original 5000 km, to a little over 1000 km. Perigee is just 234 km perigee. In recent days, apogee has decayed at about 1 km/day. Ted Molczan _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Tue Jul 14 2020 - 04:09:27 UTC
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