Mark Harris wrote: > On 20th April, 2001 at 21.24 BST (20.24 GMT), I spotted a flashing > satellite which I have not been able to identify. My location is > 50.909ºN, 2.789ºW, and the satellite was heading North, just > a few degrees below Castor & Pollux. In other words, it was > almost due West, with an altitude of approximately 45º. It > was flashing every 5 seconds or so. NOAA 7, a known flasher, seems to be a good match in terms of time, proximity to Castor and Pollux and direction of travel: NOAA 7 3.7 1.9 0.0 6.1 v 5.70 1 12553U 81059A 01110.13323505 -.00000050 00000-0 -39989-5 0 6755 2 12553 98.5215 153.3715 0010882 269.4256 90.5665 14.16275778 23606 I used Findsat to make the identification. Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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