Kevin The older the Kosmos rocket, the smaller the chance that it flashes. Kosmos rockets in this orbit: 87049B is the oldest of which I remember it has a long flash period. (Kosmos rocket = SL-8 = C1) I checked the PPAS: latest report with flash period is pf 1972-07-25 when f.p. was 9.5 seconds Last observation reported 1995-06-27 Steady. >Cosmos 371 r 7.4 2.4 0.0 5.5 v 8.1 >1 04579U 70083B 03038.88022906 .00000564 00000-0 12981-3 0 8158 >2 04579 73.9973 19.2977 0012226 232.5190 127.4865 14.57784982710146 > >It's a SL-8 type rocket. > >I checked the ppas database, I seem to not see it listed, so I don't know if >it flashes. Bram Dorreman, PPAS collector. COSPAR 4160 (Achel 1): 51° 16' 45.5" N (51.2793 N), 5° 28' 36.6" E (5.4768 E) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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