02:00:57 - Saw SL-16 Rocket (25861), culminated at 87 deg. altitude. Very bright in binoculars when first aquired. Soon, it began to dim, steadily. 2 minutes later, it was still dim (it never re-brightened in the very least). Either this satellite now has a very long rotation period, or is no longer rotating for all practical purposes. It could have dimmed because of atmospheric extinction, or because it was very slowly rotating. ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W 4 hours behind UT (-4) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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