Raduga 33 currently has a perigee of about 110-115 km (70 miles). If anyone's lucky enough to have a near-zenith perigee pass, it will move overhead like a bat exiting the bad place. I checked it due to a possible sighting of it at about 9:07-10 UTC April 22 from St. Louis Park, Minnesota (44.948N, 93.348W). The person saw a very brightly flashing eastbound object (period 7 to 8 seconds), and Raduga 33 seems to be the best candidate. Here are the latest five elsets: RADUGA 33 1 23794U 96010A 04113.36149172 .02588800 -34449-5 74257-3 0 4526 2 23794 47.7590 137.6997 5786107 81.2981 336.5871 4.54478928 71321 RADUGA 33 1 23794U 96010A 04113.14068812 .09052635 -27421-5 24603-2 0 4512 2 23794 47.7506 137.8385 5802501 81.1816 335.8454 4.51976356 71317 RADUGA 33 1 23794U 96010A 04112.51032600 .07743108 -14435-5 30496-2 0 4505 2 23794 47.7699 138.2746 5852160 80.8482 39.9000 4.43232848 71284 RADUGA 33 1 23794U 96010A 04112.25709178 .07233306 -19768-6 50251-2 0 4495 2 23794 47.7437 138.4495 5870064 80.5471 357.6868 4.39286737 71277 RADUGA 33 1 23794U 96010A 04111.32153293 .01885008 20623-5 62923-3 0 4488 2 23794 47.7672 139.0677 5969656 80.0034 340.9943 4.25022474 71228 Its mean motion now being greater than 4, Quicksat will give predictions for it. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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