slow moving satellite near Albireo

Yesterday evening, Sep 17th, I invited my boss and his fam. for a look
a Mars through my telescope.
After that, I showed them some other nice interesting sky objects, and
when we looked at Albireo, the double star in Cygnus, a satellite came
into view!
I could not find it on heavens-above.com so I am asking the group if
any one of you can tell me which satellite we have seen.

My location:
Coordinates: 12.1000° N, 68.9000° W
Elevation: 30 meters (98 feet)
Region: Netherland Antilles
Time Zone: Universal Coordinated Time 4 (GMT - 4:00)

The time we saw it: 21:15 at Albireo

I hope you can tell me the name of the satellite!

SP wrote in message . ..

I hope you can tell me the name of the satellite!

I think this was 80-98B. It is the last stage of a
rocket that launched an Intelsat 23 years ago.

SP wrote in message . ..

I hope you can tell me the name of the satellite!

I think this was 80-98B. It is the last stage of a
rocket that launched an Intelsat 23 years ago.

SP wrote in message . ..

The time we saw it: 21:15 at Albireo

I hope you can tell me the name of the satellite!

yes, this was 1980-98B.
An Intelsat rocket.

SP wrote in message . ..

The time we saw it: 21:15 at Albireo

I hope you can tell me the name of the satellite!

yes, this was 1980-98B.
An Intelsat rocket.

On 19 Sep 2003 06:25:04 -0700, (stella info)
wrote:

yes, this was 1980-98B.
An Intelsat rocket.

Thanks!!
So, how did you do it? How did you find it out?
SP

On 19 Sep 2003 06:25:04 -0700, (stella info)
wrote:

yes, this was 1980-98B.
An Intelsat rocket.

Thanks!!
So, how did you do it? How did you find it out?
SP

SP wrote:

Thanks!!
So, how did you do it? How did you find it out?
SP

Yes, I think it would be more useful if the previous poster gave you
some info on finding your own answer, rather than just telling you the
answer. It's a case of the old saying: "Give a man a fish and you feed
him for one day. Teach him how to fish and you will feed him for a lifetime".

There are many programs for tracking and identifying satellites. A quick
google search will find them, but one that I found useful, easy to use
and cheap was SatHunt:

http://stephen.fathom.org/sathunt.html

--
Larry Brash

SP wrote:

Thanks!!
So, how did you do it? How did you find it out?
SP

Yes, I think it would be more useful if the previous poster gave you
some info on finding your own answer, rather than just telling you the
answer. It's a case of the old saying: "Give a man a fish and you feed
him for one day. Teach him how to fish and you will feed him for a lifetime".

There are many programs for tracking and identifying satellites. A quick
google search will find them, but one that I found useful, easy to use
and cheap was SatHunt:

http://stephen.fathom.org/sathunt.html

--
Larry Brash

SEE
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/RealTim.../JTrack3D.html

scambron


On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 13:23:33 -0400, SP wrote:

Yesterday evening, Sep 17th, I invited my boss and his fam. for a look
a Mars through my telescope.
After that, I showed them some other nice interesting sky objects, and
when we looked at Albireo, the double star in Cygnus, a satellite came
into view!
I could not find it on heavens-above.com so I am asking the group if
any one of you can tell me which satellite we have seen.

My location:
Coordinates: 12.1000° N, 68.9000° W
Elevation: 30 meters (98 feet)
Region: Netherland Antilles
Time Zone: Universal Coordinated Time 4 (GMT - 4:00)

The time we saw it: 21:15 at Albireo

I hope you can tell me the name of the satellite!