[FPSPACE] DSP-23 puts on a light show

[John Locker]

Having passed through the Astra 1 cluster DSP-23 is now about half a degree 
east of the six  TVsats and put on  quite a show this evening
Rather than a 14.5 min period between flashes  it gave two very bright 
returns within three minutes.

http://i44.tinypic.com/2v0c1s4.gif      With the Astras top right  ( west ) 
notice DSP moving south west and giving two bright flashes as it goes.

Also checked tonight was Astra 5A . At first I thought it was very bright , 
however the constant breaks for cloud to move on had left me a degree off 
target and I was actually looking at Galaxy 11.
When 5A was  found , it appeared rather faint.

MiTEX was as illusive as ever.

John

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