Nothing seen, conditions cloudy but in any case nothing really expected. It has been pointed out to me that the decay of a satellite in a Molniya orbit could not occur near North America as per the prediction below. There is a daylight pass over Western Australia at 0104 UTC if the satellite is still in orbit then. it appears this is a possibility- refer the usual decay websites for more, SpaceTrack probably the least useful! Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Holdsworth" <robbonz1@xtra.co.nz> To: "Seesat List" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 8:49 PM Subject: Another decaying Molniya > 20742 Molniya 1-78 ;;is close to decay. > > At present Calsky shows it as decaying at 2300 UTC over the Northwest of > North America. Refer also to SpaceTrack for those who have access. > > We have a daylight pass at 2028 UTC but even if the object were close to > decay at that point conditions here are likely to remain poor. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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