Observed about 14 hours after launch from Falcon, CO with 8" telescope. First saw the rocket (#26569) around 0304 UT on 14 Oct 2000. Shortly thereafter I saw perhaps two of the GLONASS objects (#26564-66) . Magnitude around 11 at a range of 19,800 km. They were flashing. It seemed like I was seeing two or more GLONASS in close parallel tracks so I did not get a definitive flash period. One was several magnitudes brighter than the steady state magnitude. On the following night I again saw the rocket and it is almost certainly flashing but conditions prevented me from timing it. The GLONASS objects came by three minutes later and I positively saw two. No flashing noted at 01:32 UT (15 Oct 2000). Moonlight and the faint magnitude made observing less than ideal. Ron Lee ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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