Both Ron Lee and Paul Maley reported observing the rocket of the Titan launch 2-3 minutes early on May 16. I haven't found Paul's coordinates yet. I checked Ron's observation against Allen Thomson's 4000+ object el960428 file, and found no reasonable cause for mistaken identity. Rainer's and my elsets differ slightly - I used ELCOR with an approximate post-launch position included. Rainer's is accurate in time on May 14+15, with mine the rocket was 2 seconds early May 14, 6 seconds on May 15. Neither is quite accurate on positions. This does not explain the timings of May 16. Did the rocket maneuvre when releasing something recently ? Is the A object going into a Molniya orbit some time ? Haven't there been reports on previous occasions about these objects flashing in LEO ? I am no good at keeping/remembering historical data. ------------------------------------------------------------ -- bjorn@tt-tech.se +46-8-59095789 (office)-- -- b_gimle@algonet.se +46-8-7428086 (home) -- -- 59.22371 N, 18.22857 E AND member of : -- -- http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle seesat-l / seesat-d -- ------------------------------------------------------------