Hi All, Ted Molczan attempted to identify the flashing object which preceded ISS on April 25, 2000 at 2:10 UT as seen by Bill Mitchel, but came up with no matches. I have to concur with his analysis -- there was nothing predicted to be bright that preceded ISS and was on approximately the same trajectory. The closest match I found was Cosmos 374 deb AQ (#05077) which was in approximately the correct location at the right time moving in the correct direction. However, according to my records it had a radar cross section of only 0.07 square meters, so it seems unlikely to be a source of such bright flashes. (This object decayed on November 7th, later that year.) Opening up the search window a bit, I did find an interesting match -- ROSAT followed the ISS trajectory quite closely, but 14 minutes before it rather than only 1 minute. However, I don't recall ROSAT ever having a history as a fast flasher. Cheers, Rob ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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