On 5 Aug 2001, at 0:10, Ulrich Beinert wrote: > A few days ago, I was out observing, waiting for the ISS to come, and made a > *very* unusual observation. It must have been a satellite, presumably > tumbling, as it did some very irregular stuff. I noted as much as I could > about it, so if any of the experts on the list who know how to do it could > try to figure out what it was, I'd be really thankful. > > So, it was the morning of July 25th, 2001, 04:00 LT (02:00 UT) plus/minus a > few minutes. I was near 8.66E, 50.50N. The satellite rose in the Northeast, > underneath Perseus, flashing irregularly to -2 or -3m with a period between > 10 and 20 seconds between flashes. It passed above the three brightest stars > in Aries (the little triangle which is all you can see of the constellation > from lightpolluted sites), then went towards the south, where I lost track > of it. I'd say it set in the south or south-southeast. Between the bright > flashes, the satellite varied between invisible (less than 5m) and +2m in > brightness. > > I assume not many satellites with this behavior followed this path at this > time and location, so it shouldn't be hard to figure out which one it is, > but I don't know how, and with what data. If someone could tell me what it > was, I'd be very grateful! Thanks in advance... > > Ulrich >>www.analemma.de<< > Looks like IRS-1A 3.0 2.0 2.0 6.3 d 10 1 18960U 88021A 01207.27198812 -.00000077 00000-0 -24694-4 0 2067 2 18960 98.9079 161.8819 0014341 210.4407 149.5924 13.96063141584367 Rainer Rainer Kracht Elmshorn, Germany Station 5005, 53.7695N 9.6626E 9m R.Kracht@t-online.de ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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