Re: Flashing sat

From: Bjorn Gimle (b.gimle@chello.se)
Date: Tue Apr 22 2003 - 10:55:35 EDT

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    FWIW, I found Southern Cross to be in az. 147 at the time, and between az
    310 and 352 appr I found the following objects. Could the two bright stars
    be Castor and Pollux in az 329? Jupiter more to the N, but no more bright ?
    Sirius and Orion in the W !
    
    I added the period from Ed Cannons web list, where I could find a match:
    
                               TLE file:  C:\TLE\alldat.tle
                     Configuration file:  Sydney2.CFG
                          Tracking site:  200 km S of Sydney, Australia
                               Timezone:  +10.0 hours
                           Report times:  Local
                               Latitude:  -35.7000
                              Longitude:  +151.2833
                               Altitude:     +0.0 meters
    
    Elevation
     Azim Elev Cat # Satellite Period
     ---- ---- ----- ----------------
     332  37   03432 68081E
     347  41   04068 69069A
     349  35   05709 71116A
     317  20   06974 73100B
     317  20   10159 77071A
     314  22   10975 78068A
     332  29   11145 78113B
     340  37   13269 82058A
     327  33   13431 82082A     p ~6
     344  33   14114 82044F
     317  21   14117 82009F
     315  30   14365 83098A
     318  24   14951 84031F
     342  40   15166 ArianeVSyldaDb
     312  28   15383 84113B
     320  28   15386 84114B
     349  37   15678 85035B
     352  45   16657 Ariane 3 Rk
     351  36   16667 86027A
     328  31   17065 86082F
     350  38   18384 87084A
     326  31   18446 87091D
     314  25   19017 Gorizont 15  p=16.2
     329  39   19508 88086A
     338  36   19596 88095A       p=98.8
     323  37   19857 88051G
     318  29   19928 89030A
     349  44   20168 89062A
     351  41   20217 89070A
     310  32   20705 TDF-2        p=21.6
     325  28   20836 74060F
     328  34   21046 90102D
     336  37   21533 Gorizont 23  p=55.8
     312  26   21641 91054D
     331  37   21789 Cosmos 2172  P=146
     352  41   21805 DSP F16
     344  40   21922 92017A
     312  36   21964 92027A
     332  29   21966 Palapa B4 PAM
     331  37   22044 92043D
     313  37   22931 93078B
     338  46   23185 94043A
     350  43   23451 94087D
     323  42   23649 95043A
     328  43   23651 95044A
     340  45   23712 95060A
     335  45   23781 96007A
     332  45   23943 96039A
     322  41   24732 97007A
     320  40   24798 97021A
     316  28   25525 PAS 8 Rk
     318  39   25630 99006A
     309  34   25894 99046A
     316  39   26089 00011A
     335  45   27461 02035B
     318  42   90008 Unk 001203   p=2.38
    
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Russell Eberst" <eberst@blueyonder.co.uk>
    To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>
    Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 2:16 PM
    Subject: Flashing sat
    
    
    > Following message is on astro.satellite-observe list:
    >
    > Hi all, my friend told me you might be able to help me... We were down on
    > our property 200kms south of Sydney last night (20.4.03, 8:00pm
    > Aust.Eastern Standard time) and saw an object in the sky that flashed
    quite
    > brightly once every 23-25 seconds. It didn't appear to be moving - we
    > watched it for about 15 minutes. I don't know anything about the night
    sky,
    > but it was north (pretty much directly opposite the southern cross),
    > directly above two bright stars that were in line with each other (making
    > an almost vertical line). We were thinking it was some kind of rotating
    > satellite or space station - do you guys know what it could have been? We
    > saw two other random satellite's on the night... it was great fun! Thanks
    > for any help you can give me...
    >
    > Any ideas on what looks like a geostat?
    >
    >
    > Best wishes,
    > Russell  Eberst
    > 55.9486N,   3.1383W,  150 feet = 46 metres above MSL
    >
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