At 21:08 UT on 960905 I observed Cosmos 2333 preceding its rocket by only 5.6 seconds in Cygnus from near Gothenburg - a beautiful pair ! The B object was flashing at about 0.3 seconds period as usual for this type, but the amplitude was too small to even succeed to count flashes (or possibly too fast) I failed to see the G object four minutes later. Cosmos 2333 G 921 x 817 1 24303U 96051G 96249.29178353 -.00000046 00000-0 00000+0 0 15 2 24303 71.1099 163.7970 0072370 332.2409 27.4856 14.07185164 139 Cosmos 2333 F 1160 x 848 1 24302U 96051F 96249.27109441 -.00000041 00000-0 00000+0 0 20 2 24302 70.9959 163.6440 0211367 91.1434 29.5709 13.68883447 114 Cosmos 2333 E 1156 x 844 1 24301U 96051E 96249.24668525 -.00000041 00000-0 00000+0 0 29 2 24301 70.9978 163.7813 0211532 68.6402 293.7281 13.69815522 117 Cosmos 2333 D 1138 x 846 1 24300U 96051D 96249.27901029 -.00000041 00000-0 00000+0 0 20 2 24300 71.0345 164.1218 0197671 96.0546 73.9199 13.72077885 113 Cosmos 2333 C 1128 x 846 1 24299U 96051C 96249.27276091 -.00000041 00000-0 00000+0 0 21 2 24299 71.0372 164.1969 0191263 71.3634 71.2784 13.73481721 118 Cosmos 2333 Rk? Zenith-2 860 x 842 1 24298U 96051B 96249.57425918 .00000000 00000-0 00000+0 0 76 2 24298 71.0385 163.1477 0012271 7.1716 353.0006 14.12411919 173 Cosmos 2333 852 x 849 1 24297U 96051A 96249.29093595 -.00000047 00000-0 00000+0 0 45 2 24297 71.0126 163.7173 0002350 38.3346 321.7824 14.12566145 134 Interbol-2 F 19184 x 771 1 24296U 96050F 96245.65280580 +.00006874 +00000-0 +95936-1 0 00060 2 24296 062.7921 007.0388 5629079 288.3121 020.3205 04.15062608000140 Interbol-2 E 1157 x 209 1 24295U 96050E 96248.70836753 +.00143827 +59507-5 +46861-3 0 00085 2 24295 062.8106 347.3792 0671638 109.0156 258.4669 14.63147162000954 Interbol-2 D 1096 x 235 1 24294U 96050D 96249.22726420 .00072939 68890-5 43664-3 0 90 2 24294 62.7662 345.6244 0611161 107.9959 258.8482 14.68551796 1039 Interbol-2 C 19213 x 770 1 24293U 96050C 96249.51641068 -.00004402 00000-0 00000+0 0 93 2 24293 62.7644 5.4829 5633355 288.4517 20.2728 4.14517282 335 Interbol-2 B 19196 x 791 1 24292U 96050B 96243.24482889 -.00000033 +00000-0 +10000-3 0 00057 2 24292 062.8038 007.8992 5620887 288.2420 020.4463 04.14434750000039 Interbol-2 A 1166 x 236 1 24291U 96050A 96249.27853768 .00044806 61934-5 28745-3 0 107 2 24291 62.7905 345.7590 0656823 108.9160 258.4264 14.57660725 1035 ------------------------------------------------------------ -- b_gimle@algonet.se +46-8-7428086 (home) -- -- 59.22371 N, 18.22857 E AND member of : -- -- http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle seesat-l / seesat-d -- -- bjorn@tt-tech.se +46-8-59095789 (office)-- ------------------------------------------------------------ Join us at Eurosom 2, the Satellite Observers Meeting: Oct.19/20 ! Ghent, Belgium http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bdp/eurosom.html ---