I aimed my video camera at polaris, and wanted to catch various satellites passing by. I observed Cosmos 2026 and comsos 894, plus others. First Cosmos 2026 at around 6:45:50 UTC I would estimate it was around mag 8. COSMOS 2026 1 20045U 89042A 04149.81664660 .00000051 00000-0 36127-4 0 8997 2 20045 82.9396 266.1517 0040580 143.7179 216.6740 13.75760233751889 IntID/Name CatNo Source period Incl Apogee Perigee RCS ------------ ----- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- -------- 1989-042A 20045 CIS 104.7 82.9 1009 949 3.3611 COSMOS 2026 Launched (1989/06/07) PPAS databse has 89- 42 A 92-01-03 MM 90 v1 89- 42 A 99-08-07 22:50:15 RO mag 7 Then latter I saw cosmos 894. I would estimate it was around mag 6, so easy to spot even in twilight. COSMOS 894 1 09846U 77013A 04150.10277628 .00000021 00000-0 71069-5 0 5760 2 09846 82.9400 290.4795 0029441 318.3297 41.5612 13.73674157366526 IntID/Name CatNo Source period Incl Apogee Perigee RCS ------------ ----- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- -------- 1977-013A 09846 CIS 104.8 82.9 1008 965 6.7219 COSMOS 894 Launched (1977/02/21) I see the ppas database has the following 77- 13 A 99-09-08 19:31:29 RO mag 7 Steady 77- 13 A 99-09-08 19:31:29 RO mag 7 Steady Also had a Nice pass of USA 32. No offical elements available, from the oig. Kevin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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