I found a new bright geosync satellite on April 05 and followed it for nearly three hours until it entered the Earth's shadow 23:51.3 UTC. Around 23:01 UTC it was simultaneously visible with IntlSat 5-3 Rk, Cosmos 1783, Atlantic Bird 3 and Atlantic Bird 2. IntlSat 5-3 Rk (1981-119B, 13007) was flashing with FP 8 seconds. Its a Centaur upper stage with very slowly increasing FP. (1997 Oct 16 FP 6 seconds 2000 Jun 10 FP 7 seconds) Cosmos 1783 is a slowly tumbling OKO early warning satellite, which didn't reach its intended orbit due to a failure of the fourth stage of the Molniya 8K78M. (FP about 65 seconds) An image is at http://home.t-online.de/home/R.Kracht/flashes.htm. I found the bright geosync again April 06. Observation with Mintron 12V1C-EX and lens 75 mm f/1.3 each frame integrated for 1.28 seconds. 1 53.7695 -9.6626 30. Rainer Kracht UNK030405 3.5 1 90015U 03595A 03 96.00000000 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 00 2 90015 8.2715 353.5745 1048075 251.2526 313.6772 1.00273873 00 1 03 4 5 20 58 39.6 9 19.270 -2.6647 2000 1.0 mag 10.5 1 03 4 5 21 00 28.4 9 20.997 -2.7264 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 21 08 32.9 9 28.797 -3.0253 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 21 10 37.1 9 30.798 -3.0994 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 21 13 48.9 9 33.902 -3.2122 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 21 17 40.9 9 37.685 -3.3631 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 21 23 21.1 9 43.208 -3.5694 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 21 31 19.6 9 51.072 -3.8889 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 21 33 22.5 9 53.088 -3.9644 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 21 41 55.0 10 01.575 -4.3003 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 21 51 04.1 10 10.738 -4.6781 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 21 53 10.9 10 12.853 -4.7681 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 22 00 06.1 10 19.878 -5.0503 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 22 02 12.9 10 22.033 -5.1428 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 22 10 20.9 10 30.347 -5.4917 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 22 12 22.5 10 32.410 -5.5719 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 22 21 43.4 10 42.053 -5.9781 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 22 23 15.6 10 43.638 -6.0456 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 22 30 31.6 10 51.227 -6.3714 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 22 32 24.3 10 53.183 -6.4564 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 22 50 25.1 11 12.215 -7.2633 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 22 52 29.3 11 14.430 -7.3583 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 23 09 56.1 11 33.253 -8.1586 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 23 11 52.6 11 35.370 -8.2569 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 23 30 12.4 11 55.532 -9.1072 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 23 32 17.9 11 57.863 -9.2039 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 23 41 17.6 12 07.890 -9.6264 2000 1.0 1 03 4 5 23 43 10.3 12 10.018 -9.7103 2000 1.0 mag 9.5 1 03 4 5 23 50 17.0 12 18.040 -10.0450 2000 1.0 1 03 4 6 20 49 04.6 9 13.918 -2.4678 2000 1.0 1 03 4 6 20 51 11.4 9 15.945 -2.5414 2000 1.0 1 03 4 6 21 25 21.1 9 49.112 -3.8028 2000 1.0 1 03 4 6 21 27 27.9 9 51.183 -3.8911 2000 1.0 0 0 Rainer Rainer Kracht Elmshorn, Germany Station 5005 53.7695N 9.6626E 9m Potsdam Datum 53.7679N 9.6614E 47m WGS84 R.Kracht@t-online.de ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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