Reading an earlier report of Cosmos 1697 r #16182 85097B and Cosmos 1980 r #19650 88102B close together i decided to look for them. At the predicted time of 05:48:45 14 Aug UTC i spotted with my 10x50s a faint sat approx 2 deg above (E) Alkaid in Ursa Major heading North. 20 sec later, mental count, approx 4 deg above (E) Alkaid i saw another sat, more brighter than the first one and steady heading North as well. I figure the first one was Cosmos 1697 r and the second being Cosmos 1980 r. Below is the Sky Map output for the two, times local: 260ø 32ø 22:49:00 307ø 44ø 22:51:00 354ø 32ø 5.1 16182 Cosmos 1697 r 253ø 30ø 22:49:20 307ø 46ø 22:51:00 350ø 36ø 4.9 19650 Cosmos 1980 r I tracked the second object for a short time, then looked for the first object and saw it but then i saw, in the same FOV, a fast moving flashing sat approx a deg or two above this faint object heading NNW. Of the 3 objects i saw, the first two were C 1697 r & C 1980 r given the 20 sec spacing between them however i have not been able to ID the 3rd, flashing object. Thanks in advance for any help. Jari 49.40N 125.00W 30m ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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