Two kind of usual obs Monday evening: Intelsat 4-7 Rk (#06797, 73-58B) at a range of less than 1440 km (900 miles) -- about mag. +3 on maxima: very quick flashes, one brighter, one fainter (I think -- 1-power obs.; may have been two fainter ones between the bright ones...), and invisible in between. The last flash report in the online PPAS database was almost 15 years ago; it's still flashing. (I didn't get any times, however.) It's not very often that an object with MM=2.20992 is visible at 1-power from a poor location! Strange sky-track, pretty much a straight line from alt 61, az 181 towards alt 61, az 138, but it got too faint for 1-power before reaching the latter point. Cosmos 2349 (#25167, 98-09A) -- very nice! My only prediction point was 15 miles from the shadow, alt 68 az 1, but it was easily visible (+2 at least) much closer to the horizon not far west of Polaris. As fast as it was going, I only got to watch it for maybe 30 seconds (?) before it entered the shadow almost directly overhead. It was probably at least +1 at its brightest. Also saw Cosmos 2333 Rk (#24298, 96-51B), an easy, slowing flasher, probably between mag. +2.0 and +2.5 on maxima. I enjoy its leisurely pace as it tumbles across the sky. When are they going to launch another one? I'll never forget when I first saw one of those Zenits flashing faster than once per second! I was not expecting the flashing, and if I had not had the predictions, I would not have believed it was an orbiting object. If memory serves, March 9 was the "second anniversary" of my getting into satellite watching, after seeing, due to reports in the local daily newspaper, the Tethered Satellite (WOW!) one morning and the next morning a Shuttle followed a couple of minutes later by a bright UNID. That was GRO, I was informed a couple of days later by someone named Mike McCants. I think maybe Sue Worden was one of the intermediaries who forwarded my inquiry to Mike. Thanks Mike and Sue and everyone else! I really enjoy this crazy hobby!! Ed Cannon ecannon@mail.utexas.edu Austin, Texas, USA