Has anyone else experienced USA 129 flashing? The night of May 24th was patchy clouds here so I can't confirm exactly what was going on, but between patches of clouds I saw what had to be USA 129 and then a -5 flash and it was no longer seen when it reappeared from behind another cloud (the times and elevations matched what was predicted for USA 129). May 25th - the evening was clear and USA 129 made a nice almost-overhead pass (coming out of the shadow from Arcturus and swinging by the end of the big dipper). I saw the satellite at Arcturus and just about the time it got to the big dipper handle, I saw a single -5 flash and the satellite disappeared. I lost visual contact and I couldn't find it with binoculars. both of these passes were evening passes (one to the east and one overhead). Hopefully the weather cooperates tomorrow night - there should be a pass towards the west and I can see once again if USA 129 will exhibit this strange behavior again. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- de fcc sgn, Robert Smathers (roberts@nmia.com) Albuquerque, NM USA Robert's Satellite TV/Baseball page: http://www.nmia.com/~roberts/ Proud owner, 5 TODYWEN(!) and 8 BUD-lites - Albuquerque Intl. Downlinkport Satellite Services Guide columnist, MONITORING TIMES Magazine ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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