Patrice Gambaro asked about the identity of the bright satellite he observed to pass near the track of ISS. I happened to see the same event. While waiting to observe USA 129 I spotted a bright satellite that I instantly knew had to be ISS. Shortly before it entered eclipse in the NNE, another southbound object, at a somewhat greater inclination passed within a few degrees of it. The second object entered eclipse perhaps 30 s later than ISS. It turns out that we both saw a Russian EORSAT (Electronic Ocean Reconnaissance Sat): Cosmos 2383 1 27053U 01057A 02216.51663194 .00004889 00000-0 84923-4 0 8534 2 27053 64.9973 138.8942 0009614 279.9028 61.4125 15.52116903 35111 EORSATs are the Russian counterpart to the U.S.A.'s NOSS satellites - they detect and determine the co-ordinates of ships at sea. Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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