Object: Special MIDAS meeting While preparing my observing session for tonight I noticed that the fleet of MIDAS satellites had transits within almost one hour and all going northbound. If they still functioned I would have been observed while possibly observing them. But I do not expect they had such a good resolution as KH 11 for example. Moreover if I am informed well these satellites were built to detect bright infrared plumes as from rocket launches. I am not that bright even not when I am in my garden when it is almost freezing. Here a list of those transits: name satid ncat culmination height hh mm ss Az el km MIDAS 3 1961- 18 A 00163 18 17 25 101 89 3388 MIDAS 4 1961- 28 A 00192 19 05 00 237 48 3581 MIDAS 7 1963- 30 A 00622 19 12 57 102 72 3725 MIDAS 5 1962- 10 A 00271 19 16 13 117 49 3358 MIDAS 6 1963- 14 A 00574 19 16 48 245 38 3663 MIDAS 9 1966- 89 A 02481 19 22 15 251 54 3711 MIDAS 8 1966- 77 A 02403 19 23 52 110 52 3719 All those objects are still slowly flashing but to follow them is a tiring business. And there are so many more objects to follow. ------ -- Bram Dorreman, COSPAR station 4160, Achel 1 -- latitude 51d 15' 49" north longitude 5d 28' 38" east -- +51.26361 degrees -5.47722 degrees -- member of SeeSat-L -- Internet: A183231@nlevdpsb.snads.philips.nl ------ -- Kind regards, Bram Dorreman -- Origin IT Systems Management -- tel: +31 40 2788372 -- fax: +31 40 2786810