Lee Emerson wrote: > I'm new to this list so please forgive any lack of specifics > or correct jargon. Welcome to SeeSat-L, Lee. > At 10:50 UTC on the 23rd December I saw three satellites > travelling in line in a NNE direction from about 80 degrees alt. > They entered the earth's shadow fairly quickly .... Amazingly > about two minutes later two more satellites travelling virtually > on the same path and apparently at the same speed as each other > passed overhead in the same direction. Your observed two formations of NOSS satellites: http://www.satobs.org/noss.html The first was the NOSS 2-2 triad, launched in 1991; the second was the NOSS 3-3 pair, launched this year. Their International Designations and catalogue numbers are listed on the above page. Both formations are in nearly the same orbital plane, and are separated in time by several minutes. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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