Video showing a flash from Thuraya 1 ( 26578 ). The DEMETER satellite, is the other satellite in the video, zipping by. http://www.kfetter.com/satvideo/flashing-geosat/26578.wmv It would have been in the 8th magnitude range, as a estimate. Sat at 17 h 02 m R.A -9 h 45 m Dec Gorizont 26 ( 22041 ) is flashing every approx 86 seconds. 92- 43 A 07-06-12 04:40:56 KF 86 mag 11->inv Sat location 18 h 18 m R.A -13 deg 50 min Dec I observed one faint flash ( mag 11 range )from Raduga 18 ( 16497 ) at 5:40:22 UTC ( June 12 ) I watched for a few minutes after for the next one, didn't notice any. So looks to be a long period flasher at this time, will check on tonight to see. Long period geo flasher's, there not as fun to observe compared to short period one's. So sat was at 15 h 23 m R.A -13 deg 42 min Dec Kevin 44.6062 N 75.6920 W Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail at http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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