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Potential flasher? by
William R. Thompson
Cosmos 1030 shed a piece of debris about a day before it
re-entered last night. Apparently the object came off due to
aerodynamic forces during one of the...
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irregular flares in Iridium-like path by
William C. Keel
On the evening of August 21 (2047 CDT, which would be 0147 UT on
the 22nd), I noted three bright, slow, and irregular flares from
an object moving northward...
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Crickey. Bright object by
Merv
Went outside at 0931.GMT 31/9/2004 and looking overhead saw an extremely
bright object. Brighter than Zarya (Space Station)
It did not flash like an Iridium...
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Barium release or satellite boost? by
Jack L. Metcalfe
Around 8:57 PM EDT, 15 degrees due east from Arcturus I saw a fairly
bright cloud-like glow drifting slowly northeast. It wasn't a cloud,
it was perfectly...
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September 1st 04 02:28 PM
by Jordan
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Crickey. Bright object by
Merv
Went outside at 0931.GMT 31/9/2004 and looking overhead saw an extremely
bright object. Brighter than
Zarya (Space Station)
It did not flash like an Iridium...
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September 3rd 04 06:58 AM
by Merv
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Vandenberg AFB Launches by
Brian Webb
Hi All:
I maintain a web site with unclassified information regarding rocket and
missile launches from Vandenberg AFB.
After several weeks of work, I have...
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A personal Iridium milestone by
William C. Keel
This morning's sighting of a flare from Iridium 46 marked a milestone for
me - I've now seen flares from all the operational Iridium satellites
(defined...
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September 7th 04 09:00 AM
by tednat
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Satellite ID if Possible by
Pokey Latrobe
Hello,
I am at 39.260 lat and -81.530 long. At appx 9:50 UT today I was observing
Cosmos 1707 through binoculars as it was approaching the NE horizon at...
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Genesis probe crash by
Jonathan Silverlight
I'm trying to get something positive out of this loss - did they observe
the fireball as planned?
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What have they got to hide? Release the ESA Beagle 2...
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Radio controlled clock question by
cleve
I figure many guys in this group must have one of those "atomic clocks" set
by the Boulder radio broadcast.
Have any of you had problems with bogus signals --...
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September 13th 04 07:26 PM
by cleve
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three satelites in a triangle by
Andy Thurkettle
I live in Stroud Glos, UK, and just saw three quite faint light passing from
nnw to sse almost directly overhead. The local time was within a few minutes
of...
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satellite ID if anyone can help by
Ian Elsey
on the night of tues 14th in southampton uk.
seen 3 objects in triangle formation at 21.40 or 22.40.
where these satellites? and if so which ones?
never seen...
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Just spotted the MESSENGER second stage by
William R. Thompson
Catching it took a six inch, f/8 Newtonian with a low-powered ocular,
but it was right when and where Heavens-Above said it would be. The
Delta second stage...
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September 19th 04 04:46 AM
by Skywise
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New Flasher: 04-037C by
William R. Thompson
I just caught 04037C. The bird is flashing approximately fifteen
times per minute. It's a Zenit-2/SL-08 upper stage, and H-A gives
its orbital altitude as...
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DART Rendezvous with MUBLCOM by
William R. Thompson
This is from sci.space.news. The launch date is subject to
change, but if the mission works it could give an interesting
sight. MUBLCOM is 99-026.
--Bill...
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ShiJian 6B -- another flasher by
William R. Thompson
I've spotted Shi Jian 6b (04035C) several times over the past
few nights. It's flaring about five times per minute. I haven't
managed to spot SJ 6A yet, so I...
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