Jonathan T. Wojack wrote: >At 0023, I was looking for Lacrosse 3. Instead, at 45 degrees altitude, >I saw a mag. +6 to +7 satellite going from WSW to N. Can someone tell me >if this was Lacrosse 3, or something else? Looks like it was: Cosmos 2058 6.0 2.0 0.0 5.2 v 13 1 20465U 90010A 00091.53559937 .00004458 00000-0 56520-3 0 110 2 20465 82.4952 108.1900 0023219 21.6411 338.5804 14.81360385548557 >I then made my first sighting of the OCS at 0035. But then at the end of >the pass, I saw another satellite, unidentifable for me. It was at 20 to >25 degrees altitude, 3 degrees lower and to the left of OCS (estimate >about a 40 degrees angle). Same speed, magnitude +3 to +4 for both of >them. Perhaps this unidentified satellite is part of the OCS payload? OCS made a pass about 45 minutes before 0035 for you (sky too light to see) and another pass about an hour after 0035. OCS should not have been visible at your location at 0035. The 0130 pass culminated at about 60 degrees elevation for you. Ralph McConahy 34.8829N 117.0064W 670m ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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