Re: UNID Precedes SL-16 Rocket?
Stephmon@aol.com
Sat, 14 Aug 1999 02:11:25 EDT
In a message dated 8/14/99 1:25:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
tska@deltanet.com writes:
> Tonight I was waiting for SL-16 Rocket when I observed a UNID flare to
> magnitude +2 for about 3 seconds. The UNID flare occurred at 1999 August
> 14, 04:55:47 UTC, moving north-northwest, between Hercules and the head of
> Draco, in what seemed to be the same path as SL-16 Rocket. It preceded
> SL-16 Rocket by almost exactly 2 minutes.
SL-16 rocket (a Zenit) carried Okean-O a Russian remote sensing satellite
(Okean means Ocean, the focus of its mission), which is on the same track and
leading by 2 minutes. Edited Satellite Hunting output...
Local Time U.T.C. Sat Name Sat.# Elev. Azimuth Mag
9:55:00 PM 04:55:00 Okean-O 25860 85° 247° [W] 3.4
9:55:02 PM 04:55:02 Okean-O 25860 85° 261° [W] 3.4
9:58:13 PM 04:58:13 Okean-O 25860 20° 346° [N] 5.2
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Regards,
Stephen
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