So, would you guess that 40130 is likely the Fregat? Have previous Fregat's been similarly imaged, tumbling or not? Do they typically tumble after successfully delivering their payloads? Thanks. -- Richard Langley (UNB) > On the 23rd I also imaged the objects from the VS09 launch. > Space-Track lists three, as of yet unidentified objects; 40128 > (14-050A), 40129 (14-050B) and 40130 (14-050C). Only object 40130 was > seen. It was varying in brightness, which suggests it may be tumbling. > The other two objects were too faint to register on the 10s images. It > is not clear if Kevin saw the same object. > > Here is an animated gif of five 10s exposures: > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52579487/20140823_vs09.gif > > > Regards, > Cees > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Richard B. Langley E-mail: lang_at_unb.ca | | Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://gge.unb.ca/ | | Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: +1 506 453-5142 | | University of New Brunswick Fax: +1 506 453-4943 | | Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 | | Fredericton? Where's that? See: http://www.fredericton.ca/ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Tue Aug 26 2014 - 08:21:20 UTC
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