Re: Anyone with a list of interesting sats

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terrypun wrote:
> And maybe a list of the brightest geostationary ones for eastern USA (I
> haven't seen any of these yet).

TDRS was bright. Look for ones launched in the last few years. They're usually
larger and brighter than the older ones. Usually around mag 11.

Here's a few I've seen at mag 10-11.

s_9549Am10 
1 23670U 95049A   99068.17836302 -.00000195 +00000-0 +10000-4 0 03868
2 23670 000.0261 288.4100 0005935 114.8109 098.3079 01.00270112012652
s 95 57 A mg11
1 23696U 95057A   99066.77018141 -.00000105 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 05769
2 23696 003.6793 325.0485 0003625 348.9365 023.3123 01.00269988012423
sGalaxy3 mg10
1 23741U 95069A   99064.96926265 -.00000167 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 04461
2 23741 000.0311 272.7972 0002492 071.6697 072.6107 01.00270921011897

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