Re: UNID
Stephmon@aol.com
Wed, 4 Aug 1999 16:11:28 EDT
According to Satellite Hunting, the two best candidates for time and track
are...
Local Time Satellite Name Sat.# Elev. Azimuth Mag
10:14:41 PM Cosmos 1513 r 14547 37° 161° [S] 5.8
10:17:11 PM Cosmos 1513 r 14547 66° 092° [E] 5.1
10:21:35 PM Cosmos 1513 r 14547 20° 016° [N] 6.6
Local Time Satellite Name Sat.# Elev. Azimuth Mag
10:15:44 PM Spot 3 22823 48° 134° [SE] 5.9
10:17:07 PM Spot 3 22823 67° 072° [E] 5.5
10:20:53 PM Spot 3 22823 20° 356° [N] 7.1
And the SatDesc description for Spot 3 mentions flashing...
Spot 3 -- 1993-061A International (Ariane 4 rocket from Kourou, French
Guyana): [Remote Sensing] Carries DORIS [Doppler Orbitography and
Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite] and POAM II [Polar Ozone and
Aerosol Measurement] secondary payloads. FLASHING: Period of about 13 seconds.
In a message dated 8/4/99 2:13:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Hedgepet@stihl.de
writes:
> 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.
>
> I couldn't find any likely candidates using SatSpy 3.0 and the latest elset
> from www.dransom.com. Also, none of the sats listed in the GSOC/DLR
visible
> satellite passes printout for the evening looked like the right one. I
> would love to know which one it was so I could watch for it again.
>
> Any suggestions?
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Regards,
Stephen
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