While waiting for ISS to appear last night I noticed to the east a pair of satellites in trail , one a little brighter than the other. As I tracked them , the trailing bird started to gain on the other and passed it (converged to the naked eye) in spectacular fashion. I "guestimated" heights of 700 and 900 km. Looking at Calsky this morning contenders seem to be ..... 23h11m30s Cosmos 1844 Rocket (17974 1987-41-B) Appears 23h03m27s 10.9m az:327.9d NNW Transit 23h11m30s 3.7m az: 52.3d NE h:59.2d dist:964.4km alt:845.0km Disappears 23h16m26s 4.9m az:130.7d SE h:13.4d 23h11m58s Lacrosse 4 Rocket (26474 2000-47-B) Appears 23h05m34s 9.8m az:322.8d NW Transit 23h11m58s 2.5m az: 48.5d NE h:61.7d dist:655.6km alt:584.2km Disappears 23h15m28s 3.8m az:127.9d SE h:14.7d ...although I havnt yet plotted the tracks. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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