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August 12 2012 01:52:06 UT

Okean-O NSSDC ID: 1999-039A

Okean-O was a Russian-Ukrainian remote sensing satellite launched by a Zenit 2 booster from Baikonur at 06:38 UT. The six ton spacecraft enabled monitoring of ocean salinity, waves, and ice conditions. It will also relay data from fixed land- or ocean-based platforms. The launch had been delayed until resolution of a dispute with Kazakhstan arising out of a crash of a Proton-K rocket on 5 July 1999

TRANSIT of ISS  ANIMATION  of AVI taken on August 8, 2008 19h09m 57.4 sec

Plausible lunar transit of  a space debris (From TLE) for timing and Position Angle August  8  2008 at 19:05:07 UT  Predicted Time for transit of   FENGYUN 1C DEB (1999-025-AHJ)  a debris part of the intercepted spy satellite.

Plausible lunar transit of  a space debris FENGYUN  1999-025 CEJ  May 7, 2011 at 19:29:30 UT, Mintron camera. Lat 41.9420° N and Long 12.5608° E  (H=30 m).From the  light curve (enclosed here for evidence) it is possibly rotating which would explain the slight changing brightness detected (R.Lena, MT.Bregante)