I was just able to watch a zero magnitude fast-moving pass of the new Soyuz TMA 5 (04-040A, 28444) from the WSW, through Perseus, and then on to the north, about five degrees above Polaris (alpha CMi). Best wishes to both its crew and that of ISS, which I saw at about -2 about 25-26 minutes earlier! I had a prediction for the SL-04 R/B (04-040B, 28445) but either looked too late or had bad luck and did not see it. The weather was pretty near perfect. I was at the Ney Museum. Last night at BCRC while watching a faint flaring geosat at about RA 1:25, Dec -5.0 (1950), I saw a flashing geosynch a little to the north. There were two flashes separated by about 11 seconds, then 123 seconds later two more flashes, then nothing more. It seems that Fleetsatcom 3 (80-004A, 11669) is a reasonable match, including that it went into eclipse a minute or so after my last click. Also, in the past I heard from someone who reported a flashing object, and at the time this one seemed to match that observation. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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