I can not find anything matching your description accurately - could you relate positions to stars instead of constellations (or plot the position on a star map or the HA chart, and read the RA/Dec) Also, can you specify the direction ("position angle") of motion (relative to the vertical through the intersection of tracks)? "fairly level at about 50 degrees" = 270 degrees; ISS/STS = 202 degrees (at 55 deg alt) There is also a problem with accuracy - my alldat.tle is very recent, satbase.tle is a bit older than your obs. I have DMSP F14 97012A # moving in 337 degrees, but 34 seconds before ISS, (otherwise a good candidate) and Cosmos 1912 and Meteor 3-2 rk in 305 degrees, but around 1 and 2 MINUTES ahead, and IN Aquila at about 40 deg alt. Very close are #12858 77106C, but moving N-S (Dir=143) and #26196 99057CJ, much higher, and moving straight up (Dir=359) -- bjorn.gimle@tietotech.se (office) -- -- b_gimle@algonet.se (home) http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle -- -- COSPAR 5919, MALMA, 59.2576 N, 18.6172 E, 23 m -- -- COSPAR 5918, HAMMARBY, 59.2985 N, 18.1045 E, 44 m -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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