(meteorobs) Bright mystery satellite pair spotted during PER observations tonight

[Jay Salsburg]

Hello Daniel

You may want to investigate making using of the VVS beacon. The long/lat
coordinates you gave below places you 300 Kilometers, close enough to use
this transmitter.

VVS meteor beacon
http://www.imo.net/imc2010/talks/Steyaert1.pdf
http://www.imo.net/imc2010/talks/Steyaert2.pdf


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From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
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Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 6:47 PM
To: marco.langbroek at wanadoo.nl; Meteor science and meteor observing
Subject: (meteorobs) Bright mystery satellite pair spotted during PER
observations tonight

Hi Marco,

while visually observing the Perseids in the night 11/12 August 2012 from
Witten, Germany, latitude 51.4°N, longitude 7.3°E, at 22:35 UTC I noticed a
pair of very bright satellites climbing higher from the SW along the 'neck'
of Aquila: they were of equal brightness, at first exceeding Altair's, but
fading simultaneously while leaving Aquila and moving towards Cygnus in the
zenith where they were lost to the naked eye; the limiting magnitude was
about 5.2 mag there. The angular distance between the two objects remained
constant and was roughly the same as between Alpha and Gamma Aquilae, i.e. 2
to 3 degrees. NEITHER Heavens Above NOR Calsky list ANY satellite, let alone
two satellites, even remotely fitting these observations!

Any idea what that may have been?

Thanks,

Daniel

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