Wow! Low, fast, and bright

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Wed Dec 31 2003 - 16:44:32 EST

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Last night Mike and Fred and I saw a "Wow!" satellite pass.
It was Asiasat 1 Rk (90-030B, 20559, a Long March).  It 
went over at an orbital height of about 250-60 km, magnitude 
zero (not varying much, as far as I could tell), at a very 
fast rate!  In 60 seconds it went from alt-az 58 @ 211 to 
26 @ 94 -- a bunch of sky.  I think we first saw it before 
it reached the first predicted point.  We were at the BCRC
observing site.

Later I watched Superbird A (89-041A, 20040) from outside of 
my apartment, from 3:41:15 to 3:48:10 -- good old reliable
Superbird.

To whom it may concern:  Happy New Year!

Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA

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