Molniya 3-3

I've been asked to forward the following report for a friend.

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Time:  1995 Mar 5 0354 UT
Station Location:  Crow Valley Campground near Briggsdale Colorado USA
        Latitude North 40 deg 40 min
        Longitude West 105 deg 22.5 min

Object Location:  Passed within about 2 degrees of the Rosette Nebula, NGC 2237
(RA06:30, Dec 04:40), Azimuth 210, Elevation 50 degrees, at 0354 UT

Magnitude:  First flash 2nd magnitude, seen with the naked eye, east of
Betelgeuse.  Binoculars confirmed object was not an aircraft.  Subsequent
flashes below 3rd magnitude, but above 6th magnitude for at least 20 minutes
while followed north with a 3" refractor.  Flash duration was strobelike, with
the object invisible in the telescope between flashes.  Rate of motion was
about 0.25 degree between flashes.

Period:  11 seconds plus or minus 1 sec
Direction:  North

Identification:  In retrospect, based on the following elset, Orbitrack Look
calculation and Orbitrack StarPlot.  Nearly 4000 objects were screened, with
this the only match for time and trajectory:

75105  A
1 08425U 75105  A 95062.15677405  .00000810  00000-0  44132-3 0  7774
2 08425  61.8112  93.0691 7409631 273.1556  12.7798  2.00677298141413

Daniel Laszlo
queries to DJLaszlo@aol.com
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Jeff Brower jbrower@teal.csn.net OR NK0L@amsat.org
Ham: NK0L Pilot: Comm/INST/CFI  AMSAT Member
Interest: Satellite telemetry/tracking, Astronomy, CAP, Mac Programming