Re: ABRIXAS and Apr. 23-24 obs
Kevin Fetter (kfetter@geocities.com)
Mon, 03 May 1999 13:29:55 -0400
At 10:44 AM 5/3/99 EDT, you wrote:
>> The NOSS 2-2 trio was easily seen NAKED EYE despite a nearby
moon. It
>> was first spotted by my girlfriend. I initially thought she was observing
>> 3 different sats at the same time but realized it was the trio I was
>waiting
>> for. They were at around mag 3.5. Amazing sight.
>
>Could someone explain what the NOSS 2-2 trio is? Is it a satellite that
>broke up into three pieces?
>
>Jonathan Wojack
>lwojack@aol.com
>
>
The noss 2-2 trio is a cluster of three satellite's which do to the orbit's
they have, allows them to stay close to each other. All three of them can
be seen in a pair of 10*50 binocular's. In the binocular's they appear as a
triangle.
NOSS 2-2 (C)
1 21799U 91 76C 99103.10593013 .00000050 00000-0 84423-4 0 08
2 21799 63.4280 172.0312 0163000 5.1512 354.8488 13.40310473 09
NOSS 2-2 (D)
1 21808U 91 76D 99103.10604878 .00000045 00000-0 75981-4 0 04
2 21808 63.4300 172.1234 0163001 5.0412 354.9588 13.40310180 03
NOSS 2-2 (E)
1 21809U 91 76E 99117.87865060 .00000040 00000-0 67601-4 0 01
2 21809 63.4280 134.0035 0162000 351.2272 8.7728 13.40312011 00
These are usa military satellite's used to spy on other countries, so there
is no elements available from the oig. These elements are supplied by
members of the seesat-L community.
Kevin