>I may have seen another flasher about 1-2 degrees to the right >and slightly below Superbird around 03:00 UT but Spacenet 1 got >my attention because it was so bright. At 3:00 UTC, it appears that Superbird A was at about 26 or 25 altitude, 115 azimuth. About two degrees to right was: Raduga 16 1 15946U 85070A 01103.70160667 -.00000309 00000-0 10000-3 0 9721 2 15946 10.3099 35.5856 0003461 277.8084 82.1216 1.00347633 30023 This object was discussed on Seesat once, but I don't know that it was established to be the object in question and don't remember seeing any obs reported: http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/Dec-2000/0070.html >I also have not found a picture of Spacenet 1 to get a feel for >the reflecting surface(s). I trust Ed will find one and even >view it if the weather is good. I have not been able to find any image of an AS 3000 (formerly GE 3000), which is what Chinasat 5/Spacenet 1 is. A couple of years ago Rob Matson posted some details on BS/Yuri 3A, which is the same type of spacecraft: http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/Feb-1999/0375.html Apparently it's not a very large object. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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/seesat/seesatindex.html
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