I would have thought that these would be leading the pack and not part of it, at least at this point in the deployment cycle. It would be good to know what these are. The 56 objects predicted by H-A were all identified by STARLINK numbers so I assumed they were all satellites. Paul Paul D. Maley Carefree, Arizona USA email: pdmaley_at_yahoo.com On Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 07:22:08 AM MST, Leo Barhorst <leobarhorst_at_gmail.com> wrote: Paul,The two tumbling objects could be two of the four retention rods that kept te satellitestack to the 2nd stage during launch.I have seen several of them from previous launches. RegardsLeo Op za 6 mei 2023 om 11:29 schreef PAUL MALEY via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_lists.seesatmail.org>: Last night I observed and video recorded a pass at 0308UT (May 6, 2023) of the latest Starlink group. It spanned about 63 seconds as the train is slowly expanding with time. I have reviewed the recording multiple times and counted 52 objects (not 56). All of them had similar appearances---relatively steady in brightness and following one behind the other. There were two notable exceptions. These two objects were displaced from the train in the same direction a fraction of a degree, appearing at 14 seconds and 45 seconds after the first object. These objects were not steady and were slowly tumbling. I am wondering if these have been assessed to have failed. If anyone in the Starlink engineering community monitors SEESAT it would be great to have an explanation as to what happens after these satellites go into orbit that could explain this behavior. On a separate note I recently returned from a 10 day cruise off the west coast of Australia. The ship, Coral Discoverer, recently installed the Starlink maritime communications system. I have to state unequivocally that the ability to access the internet was the most stable I have ever experienced in more than 50 cruises I have taken. It was truly outstanding without any time day or night that there was no access and better than the internet provider I have here at home. You can find their maritime internet description here: https://www.starlink.com/maritime  Paul D. Maley Carefree, Arizona USA email: pdmaley_at_yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list https://lists.seesatmail.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list https://lists.seesatmail.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Sat May 06 2023 - 07:27:49 UTC
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