At 16:59 25/10/03, John Locker wrote: >Hi everyone , > >Last night , around 1835GMT I was outside setting up to image the geosats >and witnessed a brilliant flare/flash across the eastern sky.(Through >Pegasus ) > >It didnt look like a re-entry more like an enormous Iridium flare , about 2 >degrees in length travelling north/south ( unlike an Iridium there was a >definite impression of movement) John and others Given John's position and the time, The only suspect that FINDSAT finds with latest alldat.tle is 73 86 BA ( 7058). I used a 2.5 minute time window and a 3 degree position window. This object is debris from the breakup of the delta rocket that launched NOAA3, cant imagine it could produce the effect. Tony Beresford ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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