Flashmail IGS-1 rocket #27700 03-09C passed 3 degrees from Polaris (same side as the SL-3 rocket) around 18:41:12 ----- Original Message ----- Hi all, Yesterday evening my attention was attracted at 18h 40.8 mn UT by a bright satellite near Polaris, challenging its brightness, and descending due North - slightly western to the north, the signature of a retrograde satellite. Its crossing in the sky was about the same as that of Cosmos 405 rocket I just observed a few minutes before (near 18h34 UT). However the sense of the pass (SN) was just reversed, as Cosmos 405 rocket (passing NS) is a 81.2° inclined satellite. Hence the estimated inclination of the retro satellite is to be roughly i 97°-98°. And it might have culminated not far from ENE at altitude 72°-80°. Its brightness was increasing and it flared briefly at about mag -1.5 at 18h 41m 02s. Thanks for identifying this satellite, not listed in the H-A predictions for my site (listing for mag better than 5.0), since its magnitude must have been indicated as a mere "?" by Chris Peat... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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