TVSat 2 appears to be in slow roll. It was drifting in and out of visibility. I observed it from 01:53:33 to 02:10:18 UTC and every 65 to 70 seconds it was visible at +8.5 mag for about 15-20 seconds. TVSAT 2 22343 x 22277 mi 1 20168U 89062A 04112.78138057 -.00000270 00000-0 10000-3 0 8420 2 20168 4.8823 78.4768 0009579 310.6140 49.2619 0.99851225 53717 Times taken at the beginning of visibility may be found here: http://www.geocities.com/iss25544/geo20040425.txt Gravity Probe B was indeed reddish in color and about +4 mag from 02:15 to 02:18 UTC. It flared to about +1 mag at 02:17:05. Here are some photos of Gravity Probe B: http://lmms.external.lmco.com/photos/civil_space/relativity_mission_gpb/gpb.ht ml Cheers, Don Gardner 39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/ http://www.howardastro.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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