Geoff Hart wrote: >While looking for the Resurs 01 R/B pass here in Oman, I witnessed a >flashing satellite about 5 degrees to the right of Orions Belt. Was this >Resurs or some other sat. My location is Ghala, Oman about 10 miles east of >Muscat and 5 miles inland 23.19.12N 58.13.12E and the sighting was about >19:34 local time. 15:34 GMT. It was a red colour to the naked eye but was >not visible other than that. The flashes were intermittent and somewhere >around 3 to 5 seconds apart. Assuming by "Resurs 01 R/B" you mean (23343, 94-74A) it should have passed 5-10 degrees left (east) of Orion's belt so most likely that wasn't it. Given the time and described track there are two candidates: Iridium 7 (24793, 97-20B) and Cosmos 389 (04813, 70-113A). But neither of these, to my knowledge, are flashers. Perhaps we have another tumbling Iridium. Another possibility: About 7 to 8 minutes later (1541 to 1542 UT), ETS-6 (23230, 94-56A) would have been about 5 degrees west of Orion's belt, moving slowly from west to east. However, ETS-6 has a flash period much slower than what you observed. Ralph McConahy 34.8829N 117.0064W 670m ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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