Hi, I just checked with Alan Pickup's deacy TLEs from 1.12.02 and SatBase from 15.11.02 and couldn't identify any low flying object. Just for clarification: are the coordinates given in degree/decimals or in degree/minutes, i.e. is the location 46°32'/6°46' (east of Lausanne) or 46.32°/6.46° (Thonon)? I tested it for the location close to Lausanne. Maurizio >Hi everybody, > >I am not familiar at all with orbiting satellite trajectories but I made >the following observation on the early morning of Sunday December 01: > >Site of observation: N 46.32? E 006.46? > >Time: 00:20 GMT (+01:20 local) > >Weather: Mostly clear, light clouds > >Event: > >Driving a car, my attention was trap by a some kind of flashes of lighting >reflected by the light clouds. Then, on a clear portion of the sky I saw >a >meteor burning up in the sky (about 45 degrees on the horizon). It was very >bright with an electric blue /orange color. The trajectory was heading >North, North-East. After few seconds the object split in 3 distinct parts >just before disappearing over the mountains. Could it be an artificial >satellite decay? It wasn?t looking as the meteors I am used to watch and >it >wasn?t a firework rocket as well ;-) > >Thank you for your help! > > Yann > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' >in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org >http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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