(meteorobs) Point Meteor or Flaring Satelite

[Marco Langbroek]

Op 14-10-2011 14:47, James Beauchamp schreef:
> My allsky camera catches them about once every couple of weeks. Too slow to be
> meteors. Perfectly stationary = NOT IRIDIUM. Always just after sunset or just
> prior to sunrise. Always about the same az/el as you described, so can't be
> geostationary.
>
> Orbitron never shows anything either, so the only thing I can think of is
> military SIGINT or ELINT in a molniya orbit with a BIG solar array.

This can be checked by checking with the classified.tle of Mike McCants, based 
on amateur observations including mine:

http://www.prismnet.com/~mmccants/tles/index.html

We believe we now have every military classified payload in there that has ever 
been launched and not deorbitted, except for the second Misty satellite.

- Marco

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Dr Marco Langbroek  -  SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands.
e-mail: sattrackcam at wanadoo.nl

Cospar 4353 (Leiden):   52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL
Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL
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