Saw the rocket associated with USA 160 launch. Checked observation with findsat and latest alldat.tle, and there was no other satellite within 50 seconds and 2.5 degrees, that was going in right direction. In IOD format 26906 01 040B 8597 F 20010911102504200 27 25 1604500-020600 19 R+035 05 Only seen during brightness maxima which were short and sharp, invisible most of time. these variations seem to be repeated at about 5 second intervals. This position was at about 35 deg elev in the NW. It as about 30 seconds early compared with Pierre N, elset. I looked for trailing objects but saw none. stopped looking at 6.5 minutes after rocket. Tony Beresford ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/sat/seesat/seesatindex.html
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