May 2002 Sightings 78 on 17 nights
Date Time (UTC) Satellite No Satellite Name Mag Comments
03-May-2002 07:48:00 1994-074-B Resurs 01 Rocket 3.2 Saw this one while I was taking photos of the Saturn-Mars-Venus-Mercury conjunction.
08:29:00 2000-047-B Lacrosse 4 Rocket 2.2 Easily seen passing through Carina.
08:41:00 1992-076-B Cosmos 2219 Rocket 3.4
08:44:30 1992-094-A Cosmos 2228 3.9
09:03:30 1981-117-A Cosmos 1328 3.9
04-May-2002 08:09:55 1997-030-D Iridium 10 -8 Very bright flare seen behind very thin cloud. Photographed.
08:14:00 1994-074-B Resurs 01 Rocket 2.9
08:24.20 1992-076-B Cosmos 2219 Rocket 3.5 Seen passing Crux.
05-May-2002 08:44:30 1997-074-A TRMM 1.4 Followed this the whole way from Orion, through Canis major until it entered shadow in Vela.
07-May-2002 07:58:00 1994-074-B Resurs 01 Rocket 2.9
07:59:00 1985-020-A Cosmos 1633 3.8
08:31:28 1997-074-A TRMM 1.6 Entered shadow as it reached Gacrux in Crux. Same magnitude as Gacrux
08:57:00 1997-064-A Lacrosse 3 3.1
12-May-2002 08:04:45 1989-089-A COBE 3.5
08:09:50 1981-103-A Cosmos 1315 3.9
08:44:15 1995-021-B Ariane Rocket 3.7
15-May-2002 08:14:30 1994-074-B Resurs 01 Rocket 3.0 Seen passing east of Carina
08:30:30 1995-021-B Cosmos 1805 3.9 Seen passing through Corvus
08:37:30 1986-097-A Ariane Rocket 3.7 Seen passing Hadar in Centaurus
16-May-2002 09:01:20 1994-023-B Cosmos 2278 Rocket 3.6 Seen passing through Carina
17-May-2002 08:31:00 1996-046-C ADEOS Rocket 4.2 Seen passing through Carina
08:39:45 1980-044-B Cosmos 1184 Rocket 3.5 Seen passing through Carina
08:42:15 1993-024-A Cosmos-2242 3.9 Seen passing near Crux
08:45:00 2000-047-A Lacrosse 4 2.5 Seen passing near Crux
08:47:00 1994-023-B Cosmos 2278 Rocket 3.5 Seen passing through Carina
08:55:30 1978-067-B Cosmos 1025 Rocket 4.2 Seen passing near Regulus
08:57:50 1970-113-B Cosmos 389 Rocket 3.9 Seen passing near Alphard in Hydra. Oldest satellite that I have seen.
08:59:15 1981-003-B Cosmos 1238 Rocket 4.5 Seen passing near Alphard in Hydra
09:01:30 1986-046-B Cosmos 1758 Rocket 4.4 Seen passing near Regulus
09:08:30 1995-021-B Ariane Rocket 4.4 Seen passing near Carina. 10 satellites spotted tonight - a new personal best.
19-May-2002 08:19:30 2000-047-A Lacrosse 4 2.6 Seen passing between Carina and Crux.
08:21:00 1976-104-A Cosmos 861 6.0 Seen unexpectedly while watch for Coronas F Rocket.
08:21:20 2001-032-B Coronas F rocket 4.2 Seen passing passing near Spica in Virgo.
08:26:30 1998-067-A ISS 1.5 Seen in the South, 20 degrees above the horizon.
08:34:40 1982-013-B Cosmos 1340 Rocket 3.8 Seen passing through Corvus.
08:43:00 1997-069-E Iridium 38 -7 Finished the evening's observations with a beautiful -7 mag flare.
20-May-2002 08:07:00 1983-003-B Cosmos 1437 Rocket 3.8
08:13:00 1981-046-B Cosmos 1271 Rocket 3.9
09:04:40 1995-021-B Ariane Rocket 4.3
21-May-2002 08:10:00 1998-067-A ISS -1.0 One of the best views I have ever had of the ISS. Very bright, more than the predicted -0.5, it passed right through the middle of Crux, the Southern Cross, as I photographed it.
08:31:30 1995-021-B Ariane Rocket 3.8 Seen passing through Corvus.
08:33:30 1989-080-C Intercosmos 24 Rocket 4.1 Passed between the "Pointers" of Alpha Centauri.
08:41:00 1987-038-B Cosmos 1842 Rocket 4.2
08:43:00 1982-013-B Cosmos 1340 Rocket 4.2
22-May-2002 09:03:30 1972-065-B OAO 3 Rocket 4.1
27-May-2002 07:33:20 1982-013-B Cosmos 1340 Rocket 3.8 Seen passing through Crux
08:14:30 1979-099-B Cosmos 1145 Rocket 4.0 Seen passing near Regulus
08:18:00 1990-046-B Cosmos 2082 Rocket 3.4 Seen passing near Carina
08:24:45 1995-021-B Ariane Rocket 4.0 Seen passing near Spica
08:41:30 1994-074-B Resurs 01 Rocket 4.3 Seen passing through Canis Major
08:50:30 1978-064-A SeaSat 1 3.5 Brighter than expected 4.1. Seen passing near Regulus
09:00:45 1987-041-B Cosmos 1844 Rocket 4.1 Seen passing near Carina
28-May-2002 08:44:00 1987-041-B Cosmos 1844 Rocket 3.9 Shifting clouds spoilt many observations.
29-May-2002 07:40:00 1982-013-B Cosmos 1340 Rocket 4.0 Seen unexpectedly, passing Canopus
07:48:00 1992-076-A Cosmos 2219 4.1 Seen unexpectedly, passing Canis Minor
07:49:15 1990-046-B Cosmos 2082 Rocket 3.9 Seen passing Regulus
07:56:00 1994-074-B Resurs 01 Rocket 2.8 Seen passing between the "Pointers".
08:00:40 1998-051-B Iridium 81 -7 Bright flare despite light cloud cover.
08:06:00 1981-008-B Cosmos 1242 Rocket 4.3
08:22:30 1967-104-B Cosmos 185 Rocket 2.8 Seen passing between Crux and Carina.
08:27:15 1987-041-B Cosmos 1844 Rocket 4.1 Seen passing through Carina
08:36:45 2002-012-A GRACE-1 4.1 Seen passing through Carina, 32 seconds before GRACE-2
08:37:20 2002-012-B GRACE-2 4.1 Seen passing through Carina
08:56:20 1995-021-B Ariane Rocket 4.1 Seen passing Regulus. 11 satellites seen tonight - a new personal best.
30-May-2002 19:27:00 2000-047-A Lacrosse 4 3.3 Got up early, having missed out last night.
19:31:15 1983-003-B Cosmos 1437 Rocket 4.3
19:42:00 1981-008-B Cosmos 1242 Rocket 3.5
20:04:00 1997-074-A TRMM 1.5 Seen passing near Grus
20:13:56 1998-021-A Iridium 62 -6 Almost sunrise, but still quite bright.
31-May-2002 07:35:15 1973-107-B Aureole 2 Rocket 3.9 Seen passing through Carina
07:42:15 1996-046-C ADEOS Rocket 4.2 Seen passing east of Spica
07:46:15 1967-104-B Cosmos 185 Rocket 2.9 Seen passing through Canis Minor
07:51:00 1995-059-A Radarsat 4.4 Seen passing west of Spica
07:56:00 1981-008-B Cosmos 1242 Rocket 4.1 Seen passing next to Spica
08:07:45 1963-047-A Atlas Centaur 2 4.0 Seen passing near Alphard in Hydra. Oldest satellite seen so far.
08:08:30 1983-122-B Cosmos 1515 Rocket 4.4 Seen passing through the Pointers
08:51:30 1990-037-B HST 3.6 Seen passing through Leo Minor
08:56:30 2000-006-B Cosmos 2369 Rocket 3.3 Seen passing through the middle of Crux

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