Cosmos 3M priorities
Tristan Cools (tcools@nic.INbe.net)
Wed, 30 Dec 1998 22:06:55 +0100 (CET)
At 23:00 26-12-98 +1100, you wrote:
>22:44 (11:44 UTC). Measured 17.5 second photometric period, despite several
>problems. Patchy cloud cover conspired with batteries in my binoculars
>>
>L8r
>Jason Gibson
>Melbourne Australia
>37.9803 S 145.0623 E 40m
Nadezhda Cosmos r 1005 x 971 km
1 25569U 98072C 98362.84874395 .00003105 00000-0 33338-2 0 249
2 25569 82.9357 272.9108 0022982 201.9604 158.0555 13.73161036 2515
C 2361 Cosmos 3M r 1005 x 970 km
1 25592U 98076B 98363.19200594 -.00014505 00000-0 -15630-1 0 299
2 25592 82.9361 58.6151 0023238 257.1271 102.7287 13.73431577 595
Keep in mind that those two rocket bodies are very important for the BWGS as
they are very good flashing candidates. The last one has been observed
flashing with 17.5s by Jason Gibson but we can expect that the flash period
will be going down due to venting of left over fuel. (negative ndot/2) This
would give us a nice curve as multiple accelerations are possible with this
kind or rockets. So it is important to have as many observations as possible.
No doubt that Kurt Jonckheere will add them to our priority list.
Greetings and happy New Year to everybody !
Tristan Cools
tcools@nic.INbe.net
BWGS Member - Belgian Working Group Satellites
Observing at: Damse Vaart: 3.2486E/51.2279N/Rijckevelde:
3.2867E/51.2054N/Brugge: 3.1611E/51.2108N