Observing Program of the BWGS
Kurt Jonckheere (kjonckheere@mail.unicall.be)
Thu, 20 Aug 1998 18:13:04 +0100 (WET DST)
Observing Program of the BWGS
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The Belgian Working Group Satellites has been active in collecting flash
period measurements since 1987. Our priority list contains over 300
satellites.=20
New in the E-mail archive : Overview of BWGS program (including recent=20
observations)
Send a message with Subject: archive get program/program.*
to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org
Send a message with Subject: archive get program/sataug98.txt
to the same address, to get accompanying notes by Kurt Jonckheere=
(Satorama).
Send a message with Subject: archive get ppas7/ppas7-09.obs
to the same address for the latest update to PPAS 7, containing all=20
new PPAS-observations.
Send a message with Subject: archive get ppas7/ppas7-0?.obs=20
to the same address to receive all updates to PPAS 7
The same program-files and PPAS-update may be obtained via ftp at the
following address (thanks Neil) :
ftp://ftp.satellite.eu.org/pub/sat/bwgs
files : - program.rob : overview off all flashing satellites
(see also program.ro, program.rot)
- PPAS7-09.OBS : latest update to our observations archive PPAS
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A high number of observers did sent their observations to SeeSat-L,
see the big list below. Thanks to all ! Special thanks to those
who sent them in the correct format to the observationsaddress.
SATORAMA (=3Dsataug98.txt, observations in PPAS7-09.OBS)
Our observing programme can be found in the Program.rob file.
It is subdivided in categories, the codes of which can be found below.
b flashing object for beginners
d difficult to measure
S steady object, potentially flashing in the future
? flash period is unknown or uncertain
- long flash period (>40 s)
! top-priority object
regular object
x DRA object
g geostationary object
h highly eccentric orbit (GTO and others)
562 observations received from 28 observers :
AB Anthony Beresford Adelaide Australia
ANO Antero Olkkonen Ristiina Finland
BJG Bjoern Gimle Junibacken Sweden
DAP David Alan Pickup Edinburgh Scotland
EC Ed Cannon Austin, Texas USA
EV Eric Vondra Wampum, PA USA
FR Frank Reed Scottsdale, Arizona USA
IPO Ian Porter Australia
JDG Don Gardner USA
JEV Jim Varney Sacramento, California USA
JPH Jason Hatton Strasbourg France
JVS Jan Vansteelandt Leuven Belgium
KD Kurt Dequick Bredene Belgium
KJ Kurt Jonckheere Gent Belgium
MM Michael M. McCants Austin, Texas USA
PDV Patrick Devreese Moen Belgium
PM Paul Maley Houston, Texas USA
PN Pierre Neirinck Malo-Les-Bains France
PW Patrick Wils Sint-Katelijne Waver Belgium
RE Russell Eberst, Edinburgh, Scotland
RIK Richard Keen, Coal Creek USA
RM Rob Matson Belmont Shore, CA USA
RMC Ralph McConahy
RS Robert Sheaffer San Jose, CA USA
TC Tristan Cools Brugge Belgium
WH Wim Holwerda Loon-op-Zand The Netherlands
WN Walter Nissen Silver Spring USA
WPK Willie Koorts Wellington South Africa
Special remarks
Top-priority objects :
78- 16 C ! 10669, flashing period going down slowly !
78-109 J ! 11136/C1 Kosmos 1051-1058: probably accelerated !
85- 79 B ! 16012/C1 Kosmos 1680, has accelerated !
85- 94 G ! 16144/F2 Tsyklon K1690-1695, accelerating ?
87- 6 B ! 17304/C1 K1814; MMJUMP + accelerated !
87- 49 B ! 18096/C1 Kosmos 1850: accelerated again !!
87-106 B ! 18710/C1 K1904, has accelerated, going up now
90- 4 B ! 20433/C1 Kosmos 2056 has accelerated, going up slowly
91- 7 B ! 21090/C1 Kodmos 2123 : accelerated !?!
91- 19 B ! 21153/C1 Nadezhda 3: has accelerated ! + MMJump
92- 76 B ! 22220/J1 Zenit,Kosmos 2219: accelerated ?!
94- 56 A ! 23230/Kiku 6 =3D ETS 6, accelerating !
95- 12 B ! 23527/C1 Kosmos 2310: small acceleration !
96- 15 B ! 23817/Ariane 44P R/B, GTO, accelerated ?
96- 37 B ! 23941/3d stage Toms EP, flashing, accelerating !
97- 17 B ! 24773/C 2341 R, accelerating !!
NEW objects:
A number of highly eccentric and geostationary object were (re)discovered.
74- 26 A h NEW 7276/Molniya 2-9
75- 42 B h NEW 7902/Intelsat4-F1 rocket
77- 41 B NEW, 10025/Centaur / rediscovered by Kurt Jonckheere
82- 9 A g 13056/Ekran8, NEW geosat, discovered by Jason Hatton
84-123 A 15427/NEW, NOAA 9
85-117 A h 16393/Molniya 3-27/NEW, discovered by Mike McCants
86- 3 B g 16482/Satcom K1 RCA/NEW, rediscovered by Kurt Jonckheere
92- 13 B h 21907/ Centaur AC72 NEW, Jason Hatton
93- 39 A 22694 NEW Galaxy 4, spinning since May 19, 1998=7F
95- 57 B h 23697/Centaur NEW, discovered by Jason Hatton
95- 69 B h 23742/Centaur NEW discovered by Jason Hatton
97- 68 B h 25035/Centaur NEW
97- 77 B 25078/NEW Iridium 44, flashing
97- 82 B 25105/NEW Iridium 46, flashing
98- 7 D 25160/"fourth stage"NEW, discovered by Patrick Wils, sa
98- 26 B 25320/Iridium 77 NEW
98- 35 B 25359, Thor 3 r, long period NEW
Next deadline for sending in observations: October 31, 1998
to Kurt Jonckheere, Noendries 15, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
or by e-mail to ppas@lists.satellite.eu.org
All observations are appreciated very much.
If you send your observations to Seesat-L, please also send them
DIRECTLY to ppas@lists.satellite.eu.org. This is just a
small amount of additional work for you, but it makes life much easier
for me.
Regards,
Kurt Jonckheere
Observations collector of the Belgian Working Group Satellites