Jay Respler wrote: > Here's a nice one. Mag. normally fainter than 13. It is flashing > 112 seconds to 6 or brighter.« > > 40.281 74.235 129. JAY RESPLER 1950 11.8 25« > *** 1999 May 17/18 Mon evening/Tue morning *** Times are EDT « > Hrs Min Azi El Mag Hgt R A Dec Range« > #21668 BS 3B 91 60A M 3.5 ELDY 5 M2 0« > 1 10 224 33 11.8 22513 13 27.1 -6.1 24118« Mike McCants and I were able to observe this one for about 48 minutes, using his well-aimed telescope, beginning at about 3:51 UTC on 19 May. The satellite was still slowly brightening when we called it quits for the night. Before we stopped observing, I was able easily to observe, using my 10x50 binoculars, two flashes that were possibly as bright as +4.5. I got a period for it of about 111.60 seconds. Here's an elset from molczan.tle: Yuri 3B 5.0 2.0 0.0 5.0 d 1 21668U 91060A 99133.09982144 -.00000065 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 01793 2 21668 001.7845 017.2117 0004047 324.4712 205.3497 00.98788222031591 This one's drifting to the west a few degrees per day, a bit more rapidly than Superbird A, I believe. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA