Re: UNID Flasher

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Fri May 31 2002 - 05:17:02 EDT

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    Don wrote:
    
    > It began flashing at 03:13:49 UTC, 31 May at RA 14deg 15min
    > 01.6 sec, Dec +17deg 15min 40 sec - about 1.5 deg below
    > Arcturus (az 196.25, el 67.4).  
    ...
    > 39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL
    
    Which way was it moving?
    
    Not using alldat.tle, with Findsat and IDSat I get this one as 
    a candidate:
    
    MOLNIYA 3-40
    1 21196U 91022A   02150.11254670 -.00000848  00000-0  10000-3 0  7327
    2 21196  64.4976 206.2999 6484737 261.7678  25.3582  2.00877198 81983
    
    Unless I'm making mistakes due to doing this when I ought to be
    sleeping, Highfly seems to suggest one other possibility:
    
    MDS 1
    1 27367U 02003A   02150.16348719  .00001799  00000-0  44940-2 0   762
    2 27367  28.3327 170.2183 7229127 244.2970  27.6255  2.27150789  2619
    
    MDS 1 is spin-stabilized:
    
    http://www.nasda.go.jp/sat/mds/index_e.html
    
    Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA
    
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