Yesterday evening I observed a pass of HTV (Kounotori) 7, the Japanese cargoship launched September 22 and docking to the ISS tomorrow. It was a low pass in the southwest, in late twilight, 14 minutes after the ISS passed. Much to my surprise and joy, HTV 7 briefly flared brightly to at least mag. -1, around 19:17:45 UT (Sep 25). I captured the end of that flare on photograph. It later produced a second very brief glint (unfortunately not while the camera was open this time). Images, including the flare, here: https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2018/09/imaging-pass-of-kounotori-htv-7-on-its.html - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam_at_langbroek.org Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL Cospar 4355 (Cronesteyn): 52.13878 N, 4.49937 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com Twitter: _at_Marco_Langbroek ----- _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Wed Sep 26 2018 - 05:03:18 UTC
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