Globalstar 59

From: James (james.mindham@btinternet.com)
Date: Thu Jan 03 2002 - 06:08:01 EST

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Sorry folks - in my haste I omitted some detail! And I meant Globalstar 59.

Here are the details of the observation

While observing the Perseus region I'm sure I noticed a flare in the corner
of my eye between 0 and -1 mag near alpha Persei.
The only real satellite possibility would be Globalstar 59 - which had a
visual magnitude of 5.4.

Globalstar 59 entered shadow at this point.

There is also the real possibility that my eyes are failing!

Date: Jan 2nd 2001
Time: 19:48 (maximum time difference + 1 minute)

Using alpha Persei as a marker the angular separation was no more than 6
degrees.






----- Original Message -----
From: "Bjorn Gimle" <b.gimle@chello.se>
To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: Globalstar 56


> Globalstar 56 culminated ten minutes later, was nowhere near alpha Persei,
> and had shadow entry about 20:02:10 in Cetus near Eridanus.
>
> But Globalstar 59 DID enter shadow near this star, about 19:48:30. If
solar
> cells were pointed near the Sun, they would not flare there, same argument
> for Glonass (but they could be out-of-order, or follow schemes like
Iridiums
> do).
>
> The three debris objects in the vicinity could flash/flare, but were up to
a
> minute early.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James" <james.mindham@btinternet.com>
> >
> >
> > 02 Jan 2002 19:48 UTC
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bjorn Gimle" <b.gimle@chello.se>
> >
> > > I can not find any shadow entry by Globalstar 56 near alpha Per (which
> > > SkyMap points to when I locate Mirfak) from Dec.30 until now!
> > >
> > >
> > > > I was watching the sky around Perseus when I'm sure I noticed a .2
mag
> > > flare
> > > > near Mirfak. After running Ted Molczan's IDSat program I found 3
> > > > possibilities. I then inputted the TLE's into Starrynight and
> discovered
> > > > that Globalstar 56 was the only realistic possibility. Globalstar 56
> had
>
>
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