>From Jonathan's Space Report: Feb 25 1726 Kosmos-2387 Soyuz-U Plesetsk LC43/3 Imaging 08A COSMOS 2387 1 27382U 02008A 02134.11878234 .00333852 53392-4 43852-3 0 3096 2 27382 67.0979 143.7801 0072264 110.2725 286.4727 16.01383872 12407 This is a typical spysat orbit, occasionally re-boosted to avoid decay. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Newcomb" <snewcomb@mail2.gcnet.net> To: "SeeSat" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 4:29 AM Subject: Cosmos 2387 > Just got around to identifying a very bright -1 magnitude sighted May 11 at > 01:22:47 UTC 10 degree under Arcturus heading northeast. Cosmos 2387 #27382 > #02008A . Apogee 206 mile / perigee 141 mile, seen at altitude of 161 mile > per Element Manager. According to IDSat it had an apparent angular velocity > of over 1 degree per second. I was wondering why this recently launched sat > is not in a typical orbit. > This was before seeing Cosmos 1242 rocket #12155 at 1 degree under Arcturus > at 01:23:47 UTC as predicted. > Lat 39.4697 Lon -79.3393 Alt 2573 ft > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' > in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org > http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > >
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