Alan Pickup wrote: > In the last few minutes I have observed what I think are the > two objects from today's Iranian satellite launch. > > Object #33506 = 09-004A = the Omid satellite was spotted passing the > star Mu Andromedae at 18:39:30 UTC when its predicted slant > distance was ~330km and altitude 60 deg. Its magnitude was varying > regularly between about 5 and fainter than 7 in an approximate period of 1 > second. Sorry I didn't get an accurate position or period measurement. That is consistent with a roughly 0.5 m object. > Object #33507 = 09-004B = the Safir-2 rocket (with the more eccentric > orbit) passed close to Beta Andromedae at 18:49:50 UTC at a > slant range of ~370km and also near a 60 deg altitude. It appeared more > steady in brightness near mag 4.5, but did brighten to perhaps 3 briefly. That is consistent with the 5 m x 1.25 m dimensions mentioned by Geoffrey Forden: http://satobs.org/seesat/Feb-2009/0053.html Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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