Today at around 10:55 pm edt July 29 (2:55 UTC July 30 ) It appaears saw a bright peice of space debris, the following CZ-4 DEB 1 26442U 99057KP 02210.14177763 .00001897 00000-0 58455-3 0 4225 2 26442 98.4293 285.3703 0073761 199.2599 160.5816 14.41028348118597 It was bright compared to what it's RCS value is given as. IntID/Name CatNo Source period Incl Apogee Perigee RCS ------------ ----- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- -------- 1999-057KP 26442 PRC 99.9 98.4 808 703 0.0115 CZ-4 DEB Launched (1999/10/14) Nothing else matches the path. I saw it near ALP AQR around that time. There was also TMSAT 1 25396U 98043C 02210.83214130 -.00000043 00000-0 00000+0 0 7430 2 25396 98.6486 286.6647 0002799 27.3348 332.7978 14.23398647210549 in the area, but it's path doesn't match what I saw. So it must be a good size of what's left of the rocket body, or reflects alot of light back, at the way it was angled to me. I was using 10*50 binoculars, holding them in my hands. I have to try and get a mag observation next time. I was at observing site #1 Kevin Observing site # 1 Brockville, Ontario 44.6062 N 75.6910 W Observing Site #2 Located by Centre Lake 44.5985 N 75.8531 W _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Mon Jul 29 2002 - 23:56:53 EDT