Obs may 11
Barhorst L.J.C. (L.J.C.Barhorst@arcadis.nl)
Mon, 17 May 1999 09:27:43 +0200
At first there were some clouds. 98- 43 G was observed in a cloudless part
of the sky, but 93- 61 A in between clouds.
Then it became almost cloudless.
71- 93 A 99-05-11 21:24:48 LB 121.9 0.2 100 1.219 FF, mag 6->inv
Nice flasher. Latest PPAS obs shows it at 8.8. sec in april 98. Was
around 1 sec back in 75.
93- 61 A 99-05-11 20:51:27 LB 28.4 0.5 4 7.1 AA, 3->inv, N?, clouds
Is half period. Was 14.22 May 03
96- 17 B 99-05-11 21:17 LB S, mag 6
98- 7 D 99-05-11 21:11 LB almost S, mag 6
98- 43 G 99-05-11 20:42:20 LB 199.9 0.5 5 40.0 AA, mag 2->6
Going up slowly
99- 19 E 99-05-11 21:32:18 LB 83.5 0.2 20 4.17 'Fff-'F, mag 2(3)->inv
Nice flasher, easy to time on the bright flash after the 'missing' flash
Looks a lot like 99- 12 E that launched the previous set of Globalstars
99- 19 F 99-05-11 21:42 LB S, mag 5, ID?:99 -19
B?
Although based on TLE from day 106 it was right on time. The 99 -19 B object
made a pass in the same track about 30 sec earlier based on TLE from day
127.
But only one object was seen. It could have been 19 B as OIG listed 19 F as
decayed when I looked for TLE's.
99- 20 B 99-05-11 21:03:22 LB 9.8 0.5 2 4.9 fl in NE -> almost S,
3
When first spotted it was flashing on this low pass in the east, but became
almost S more to the north.
A few days ago Kurt Dequick reported a unknown which was flashing at 4.08
sec.
Using my recent TLE-file I got a perfect fit for 99- 19 E on 990508 at 21:53
UT.
So Kurt must have seen this sat and not 96- 17 B as reported before. Was
also
may 09 as Kurt reported the day wrong.
Greetings and clear, dark skies
Leo Barhorst
52.766 N 5.09 E 2 m ASL