Judy May wrote: >I just returned from a camping trip. We were trying to observe a >pass of Cosmos 2237 Rk, when several of us witnessed a very brilliant, >instantaneous flash near the zenith. With further observation, we saw >more, dimmer flashes as the unknown satellite headed north. (The zenith >time was close to 23:16:00 EDT. 40.39693 N 83.06356 W elevation 950 >feet.) You didn't include the date, but assuming the observation was made on Saturday night EDT (7/8 local), a good match would be Cosmos 952 (10358, 77-88A) which passed near your zenith, heading north, at 23:17:25 EDT. The PPAS archive lists this as a flasher (last entry 10/97). Ralph McConahy 34.8829N 117.0064W 670m ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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