Obs 990531

wholwerd@dds.nl
Tue, 1 Jun 1999 02:21:47 +0430 (GMT+04:30)

Hallo,
I just saw satellite 99- 28B pass some 6 degrees below 
Polaris at 20:41:21.5 UTC. It was VERY FAST: some 20 sec. 
later it was near Vega. It was very bright too: I estimate 
approx. mag -3 and steady.
Impressive, hope to pick this bird up again tomorrow, before 
it decays.

regards,
Wim Holwerda, Loon op Zand, Netherlands,
Latitude: 51.62613  Longitude: 5.08519  Altitude: 10 m