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Greetings,
I need some help from anyone. I was outside waiting on Iridium 77 to flare tonight when I saw an unknown satellite passing, N to S, about half-way between Saiph and Rigel, at the bottom of Orion. The satellite was about the same brightness as Saiph. The time was about 6:56 pm, give or take 30 seconds, CST. I am sorry my timing is not a little better. My location is 30:29:07 N 89:00:09 W. I was not able to id the satellite with mccants.tle, and I am unable to access the 8,000 + satellite list. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, Bill |
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In article , Bill says...
I saw an unknown satellite passing, N to S, about half-way between Saiph and Rigel, at the bottom of Orion. The satellite was about the same brightness as Saiph. The time was about 6:56 pm, give or take 30 seconds, CST.... My location is 30:29:07 N 89:00:09 W. I was not able to id the satellite with mccants.tle, and I am unable to access the 8,000 + satellite list. It appears that DMSP B5A-01 (04331, 70-012A) may be the best candidate. Its elements are in the leo.tle file on Mike McCants' web site. It's not very big, but I think that all DMSP satellites can flare/glint and/or flash. The only other one I get in that location at the right time was Pansat (25520, 98-064B), but it wasn't going the right direction; it was going pretty nearly horizontally, west to east. It is in the mccants.tle file, but it's a very small satellite predicted to be only about +7. Ed Cannon - - Austin, Texas, USA |
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In article , Bill says...
I saw an unknown satellite passing, N to S, about half-way between Saiph and Rigel, at the bottom of Orion. The satellite was about the same brightness as Saiph. The time was about 6:56 pm, give or take 30 seconds, CST.... My location is 30:29:07 N 89:00:09 W. I was not able to id the satellite with mccants.tle, and I am unable to access the 8,000 + satellite list. It appears that DMSP B5A-01 (04331, 70-012A) may be the best candidate. Its elements are in the leo.tle file on Mike McCants' web site. It's not very big, but I think that all DMSP satellites can flare/glint and/or flash. The only other one I get in that location at the right time was Pansat (25520, 98-064B), but it wasn't going the right direction; it was going pretty nearly horizontally, west to east. It is in the mccants.tle file, but it's a very small satellite predicted to be only about +7. Ed Cannon - - Austin, Texas, USA |
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