Jonathan T Wojack:
>has anyone here seen a satellite less than 24 hours before its fiery demise?
Mike Waterman:
>I saw Sputnik 2 1958 04 13 at 1953UT approx 6 hours before decay.
Jonathan T Wojack:
>What did this pass look like?
Since it is not fresh in my mind, I can only add what I noted down at
the time:
Position = approx halfway (IO:DRA) to (TH:DRA)
RA = 1542.48 Dec = 59.01 Error = .3 deg (epoch 1950)
Magnitude = -0.5 comparing with AL:BOO & Jupiter
Site = Crowborough = COSPAR 2373 = 51.0611N 0.1856E 165m
plus the comment that it looked normal: no colo[u]r or fragmentation;
and that it was observed by naked eye.
Mike Waterman michael.waterman@gecm.com
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