Flaring Geosats and Misc Oct 1 from Okie-Tex

From: Brad Young (brad.young@domain-engineering.com)
Date: Thu Oct 09 2008 - 18:03:35 UTC

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    Forgot that Sep 30 (UT) NOSS 3-4 pair (07-27A,C) flared to 0 mag at 1:40 UT
    in Cassiopeia in front of several people at Okie-Tex.  Later that night was
    an enormous bolide estimated at -12 magnitude. OT I also saw the gegenshein
    and zodiacal light that night.
    
    Flaring geosats (format described at
    http://satobs.org/seesat/Oct-2007/0244.html) except, I like Mike's idea of
    including common name, so I added them:
    
    23816 8338 20081001 0231 W T 000 7  B U INTELSAT 707
    25371 8338 20081001 0241 W T 000 11 B P INTELSAT 805
    25004 8338 20081001 0310 W E 000 5  B U ECHOSTAR 3
    27711 8338 20081001 0500 W T 000 8  B P MILSTAR 6
    22930 8338 20081001 0520 W T 000 10 B U DIRECTV 1  Group of 2
    25740 8338 20081001 0520 W T 000 11 B U NIMIQ 1    Group of 2
    25626 8338 20081001 0526 W T 000 7  B U TELSTAR 6  Group of 2
    26038 8338 20081001 0527 W T 000 9  B U GALAXY 11  Group of 2
    33275 8338 20081001 0812 W T 000 9  B U AMC-21
    26639 8338 20081001 0828 W T 000 11 B U AURORA 3 
    
    Brad Young
    COSPAR 8338 Kenton, OK 
    36.8978°N, 102.9522°W
    
    
    
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