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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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/sat/seesat/seesatindex.html
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