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I just watched OAO 2 (68110-A) make a pass. It was trailed by an object about one magnitude dimmer; neither satellite appeared to be tumbling. I watched them through binoculars for over a minute and they maintained the same separation (about three degrees) throughout this time. Whatever I saw wasn't the OAO 2 upper stage; H-A put that in a different part of the sky, thirteen minutes earlier. So has a solar panel or something fallen off OAO 2? Or have I once again spotted a known satellite in a similar orbit? --Bill Thompson
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