Could it have been NOAA 7 a known flasher, it was in the area. NOAA 7 1 12553U 81059A 01086.18361683 -.00000099 00000-0 -29062-4 0 6574 2 12553 98.5278 130.4491 0011272 338.3675 21.7023 14.16257166 20216 IRIDIUM 54 1 25171U 98010C 01085.60110472 -.00000436 00000-0 -16265-3 0 4408 2 25171 86.3980 306.8697 0002400 79.0477 281.0989 14.34215153162466 Kevin From: Rush Austin <RushA@data-tech.com> To: "'SeeSat-L@lists.satellite.eu.org'" <SeeSat-L@blackadder.lmsal.com> Subject: Iridium 54 and Mystery Sat Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 08:47:07 -0500 Was watching Iridium 54 flare last night on its NW -> SE track. After the flare, I continued watching I54 travel southward. A few seconds after the flare diminished, there was a bright flash just North of I54. About 8-10 seconds later, another flash several degrees farther north. In my periferal vision I could see a dim sat moving on a SE -> NW track at maybe 80' elevation. It continued to flash every 10 seconds or so. I ran my list of 100 or so brightest sats through TrakStar and PassScheduler but did not find a match. Anybody know what this sat this flasher was? (First time I'd seen a flashing/glinting sat...very cool.) _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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