This morning, while keeping an eye on Telstar 402R for flashing, I noticed a bright flash to the west and below where telstar 402R was. I had been recording, so I got actual proof this time. I did a check, and Intelsat 501 is in the correct spot. The time of thre bright flash is around 5:57:06 UTC ( May 8 ). INTELSAT 501 1 12474U 81050A 04127.74358316 -.00000002 00000-0 00000+0 0 2493 2 12474 10.9915 34.3482 0006270 30.2271 329.7121 0.98855129 57913 Here's the star chart showing where it was at the time. http://www.kfetter.100megs26.com/images/Intelsat501.jpg And the video, showing the bright flash. http://www.kfetter.100megs26.com/satvideo/12474.mpg Not the best video, I was using the vcr this time. It's around 5 Megs in size. Period is unknown at this time. A short time latter, I saw a flash from what appears to be gstar 3. Kevin ===== COSPAR Site #1775 Long 75.6910 W, Lat 44.6062 N, altitude 100 metres. http://ca.geocities.com/kfetter http://www.kfetter.100megs26.com/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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