Re: UNID

Ralph McConahy (rmcconahy@earthlink.net)
Wed, 4 Aug 1999 12:29:36 -0700

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Troy at Hedgepet@stihl.de wrote:
>I saw an unidentified satellite last night from my home in Chesapeake,
>Virginia, USA (36.7653N, 76.2178W).  The bird culminated its pass at
>approximately 2217 EDT (0217 UT 8/4/99) running almost directly south to
>north and near zenith in the sky.  Also, it appeared to tumble and flash
>rather erratically and brightly.

The two best candidates are:

Cosmos 1513 r    7.4  2.4  0.0  5.5 v 9.22
1 14547U 83120B   99211.14454530 +.00000061 +00000-0 +46394-4 0 06650
2 14547 082.9313 272.9172 0047825 139.8817 220.5888 13.76379749541630

Spot 3           4.7  1.8  1.8  6.0 d 12.1
1 22823U 93061A   99211.14575136 -.00000043 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 09819
2 22823 098.6257 275.5184 0017466 016.1015 344.0713 14.17203463302442

Spot 3 is a nice flasher, so that is probably what you saw.

   Ralph McConahy
   34.8829N  117.0064W  670m

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