Re: Observation of STS96 or Starshine?
Stephmon@aol.com
Sun, 6 Jun 1999 10:37:11 EDT
In a message dated 6/6/99 9:22:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
kocis@catskill.net writes:
> Hello. I think I observed STS 96 or Starshine at around 3:30 AM EDT on
> 6/6. The first object passed to the northeast through The Great Square.
> Was it STS 96 or Starshine? According to my tracking program and elsets it
> could have been either. They should have passed through the Great Square
> at almost the same time. It was as bright as any of the stars in Pegasus.
> A second object passed through Aquarius going east (less than a minute
> later). It started out very bright and then faded as it passed closer to
> the moon. It faded dramatically. Enough so that I had to use binoculars
> to see it. Was this STS 96, Starshine, or something else? It didn't match
> the time or path for STS96 and Starshine accoeding to my information.
>
> John Kocijanski
> 41 35 N
> 74 40W
There was a miniature procession going on just then. I'm guessing ISS was
your UNID based on your "very bright" observation. TLE's are from the latest
Molczan set. Predictions are abbreviated Satellite Hunting output.
In-Cosmos 19 4.3 0.0 0.0 5.3 v
1 11285U 79020A 99153.84167185 +.00005097 +00000-0 +29205-3 0 08858
2 11285 073.9641 289.4173 0160679 028.7848 332.2093 15.02513862091015
EDT Name ID Az
EL Mag
3:27:06 AM In-Cosmos 19 11285 28° 161° [S]
3:28:34 AM In-Cosmos 19 11285 46° 104° [E] 3.8
3:30:42 AM In-Cosmos 19 11285 20° 040° [NE]
Cosmos 1633 r 7.4 2.4 0.0 5.5 v
1 15593U 85020B 99153.92291319 +.00000497 +00000-0 +63636-4 0 00507
2 15593 082.5367 291.4244 0012878 136.0851 224.1373 14.79357472768071
EDT Name ID Az
EL Mag
3:27:28 AM Cosmos 1633 r 15593 23° 173° [S]
3:30:13 AM Cosmos 1633 r 15593 69° 093° [E] 4.5
3:33:15 AM Cosmos 1633 r 15593 20° 016° [N]
Starshine 1.0 0.0 0.0 5.5 d
1 25769U 99030B 99156.34105187 .00020000 00000-0 29127-1 0 12
2 25769 51.5915 257.3806 0012795 323.4372 36.5573 15.59813944 1386
EDT Name ID Az
EL Mag
3:28:23 AM Starshine 25769 48° 182° [S]
3:28:55 AM Starshine 25769 57° 139° [SE] 4.2
3:30:55 AM Starshine 25769 20° 067° [E]
ISS 20.0 4.0 0.0 1.0 d
1 25544U 98067A 99154.73845147 .00000000 00000-0 00000+0 0 6465
2 25544 51.5982 265.4328 0011461 298.4160 61.6336 15.58421204 31107
EDT Name ID Az EL
Mag
3:30:19 AM ISS 25544 47° 192° [S]
3:30:59 AM ISS 25544 60° 139° [SE] -.9
3:33:02 AM ISS 25544 20° 066° [E]
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Regards,
Stephen
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