Last night I observed Cosmos 2282 (94-038A) somewhat low in the SE sky, above the worst part of San Antonio's skyglow. Through binoculars, the peak flashes I saw were about +3.5; overall the flashes varied from +6 to +3.5. I measured the flash period up to just before shadow entry, getting an 18.60 sec period. PPAS: 94-038A 03-03-30 03:03:24 RF 1023.0 1.0 55 18.60 F'-,+3.5/+6->inv During this I saw two +3 flashes southwest of Cosmos 2282 which were very roughly 8 minutes apart (approx 02:44 and 02:52 UTC). I took a long look waiting for a third flash but finally realized this mystery sat had probably entered shadow. Only possible candidate I could find was 93-003B (#22314), TDRS 6 (or TDRS F or TDRS F6). This is an operational geosat. Both of these were in shadow for a little over 30 minutes so I went back outside to recover them, but I saw neither. Robert Fenske, Jr. rfenske@swri.edu Sw |The Taming the C*sm*s series: Southwest Research Institute /R---\ | Signal Exploitation & Geolocation Div | I | |"The Martian canals were the San Antonio,Texas USA ph:210-522-3931 \----/ | Martians' last ditch effort." ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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