Following Ed Cannon and Mike McCant's predictions, I saw both last night from Tulsa. ECS4 (Eutelsat 1-4) Ncat 18351 was very tentative in 10 x 50s (7m flash at best): 1 2:25:27 UT +7 no position 2 2:27:39 UT +7 approx 1h52m -8 dec Italsat 1 (#21055) much easier, with 1x flashes but quick to fade: 1 3:48:18 +3 1x no position 2 3:49:18 +3 1x no position 3 3:50:18 +4 10x50 binocs 0h25m -13.1 4 3:51:19 +5 10x50 binocs 0h26m -13.1 5 3:52:20 +6 10x50 binocs 0h27m -13.1 It seemed like I saw a "preflash" just before #4 (5 s earlier) of about mag 7.5 Brad Young, PE +36.1, -95.9, 205m MSL Tulsa, OK 74119 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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