bonanza of earth satellites !

Great early evening viewing of three polar sats eg brilliant mag-8
Iridium 37 and later Iridium 83 with the International Space Station
fading into the earth's shadow near Altair posted at

http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/iridium.htm

The third mag 1 polar satellite moving south/north through Aquila /
Cygnus / zenith / Ursa Minor about 1944UT unidentified. Can anyone
identify please? Can't seem to 'wind-back' heavens-above.com
predictions from current dateg.

Maurice Gavin @ WPO - UK

Maurice Gavin wrote:
Great early evening viewing of three polar sats eg brilliant mag-8
Iridium 37 and later Iridium 83 with the International Space Station
fading into the earth's shadow near Altair posted at

http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/iridium.htm

The third mag 1 polar satellite moving south/north through Aquila /
Cygnus / zenith / Ursa Minor about 1944UT unidentified. Can anyone
identify please? Can't seem to 'wind-back' heavens-above.com
predictions from current dateg.

Maurice Gavin @ WPO - UK

It can be tedious for longer time spans, but the "previous" button
will let you step backwards in date.

Bill Keel

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Great early evening viewing of three polar sats eg brilliant mag-8
Iridium 37 and later Iridium 83 with the International Space Station
fading into the earth's shadow near Altair posted at

http://home.freeuk.com/m.gavin/iridium.htm

The third mag 1 polar satellite moving south/north through Aquila /
Cygnus / zenith / Ursa Minor about 1944UT unidentified. Can anyone
identify please? Can't seem to 'wind-back' heavens-above.com
predictions from current dateg.

Maurice Gavin @ WPO - UK

If it was dimmer than mag 4.5 heavens-above won't display.
Try this procedu go on heavens-above.com, click on satellite or iridium
and when the page is displayed press next to show the full url, then enter
in the url address line the date in number format (ask excel to do the
calculation for you) being sure to modify only the 38xxx part of the url. I
go this way when I discover on my slides some iridium that went unseen
during the exposures.
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On 24 Sep 2004 08:12:08 -0500, "William C. Keel"
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Maurice Gavin @ WPO - UK

It can be tedious for longer time spans, but the "previous" button
will let you step backwards in date.

Bill Keel

Thanks for pointing out the 'prev' button. I'm fairly confident the
at polar sat is Okean O Rocket as now posted at above.