SV: Iridium 27 and others
Bjoern Gimle (b_gimle@algonet.se)
Sat, 25 Jul 1998 16:36:46 +0200
Fr=E5n: Bjoern Gimle (home) <b_gimle@algonet.se>
Till: Allan Cook <uiu234@freenet.mb.ca>
Kopia: seesat L <SeeSat-L@lists.satellite.eu.org>
=C4mne: SV: Iridium 27 and others
Datum: den 25 juli 1998 16:14
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Fr=E5n: Allan Cook <uiu234@freenet.mb.ca>
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> Is it possible to ID a satellite that was seen in June of=20
>1986? Saw at 1049 to 1052 PM CDT, mag +1.5 moving from south=20
>to 60 degrees altitude in west. The inclination is obviously=20
>>90 degrees. This is my first logged satellite. =
=20
> Allan Cook
Yes, I have elsets for 41 objects from 1986, thanks to Dave Ransom's =
collections.
The one that comes into my mind is SeaSat, #10967, but it was not =
visible in June.
A real candidate is #14780 1984 21 A Landsat 5, with a pass matching =
your
minutes figures (UT 03:50-03:53) on June 14, culmination at 60 deg. from =
about
longitude -97 deg. if latitude is +40.
It would certainly help if you included your lat/long (in the signature =
file, as
many of us do) the date (June -86 + time !) and UT time or difference
(I never remember the values, have to look them up)