Ed Cannon wrote: > > On Dec. 25 UTC I had a prediction for and seem to have > observed "Payload D" (27608, 02-058D). It was tumbling > and flashing, including one flash of at least +1 if not > brighter at about 1:14:02 (from San Antonio, Texas, > 29.40N, 98.66W, 200m). I wonder about its true identity, > as my understanding is that most of the payloads on that > launch were microsatellites. Here are two elsets, the > one for that night and a more recent one: > > PAYLOAD D 667 x 636 > 1 27608U 02058D 02357.55206756 .00002169 00000-0 35645-3 0 86 > 2 27608 64.5615 10.3438 0022440 134.5032 225.7908 14.72948985 427 > Payload D (Saudisat 2?) 668 x 636 km > 1 27608U 02058D 02361.55783605 .00001644 00000-0 27529-3 0 117 > 2 27608 64.5605 358.1534 0022435 132.4793 227.8209 14.72961730 1017 > > A while ago I observed Intelsat 512 (85-087A, 16101) from > about 7:14:44.7 until 7:26:51.5, with a 128.27-second gap > around the phase shift, when it was too faint for my 10x50 > binocs. This was from right outside my apartment (30.309N, > 97.728W, 150m), which is very light-polluted, so I did not > try to see it without binoculars, although the brightest > flashes might have been bright enough, at least under > somewhat better circumstances. (A while before that, I > saw Superbird A from San Antonio, about 147 km from my > apartment in Austin. I wonder how often satellites are > observed by one person from two cities in one night....) > Object 27405 was later identified as something else: > > Internatnl > Designator CatNo Common Name Source LaunchDate > ------------ ----- ------------------------- ------ ---------- > 1990-065W 27405 CRRES DEB (CANISTER) US 1990/07/25 > > That's from http://satobs.org/seesat/Apr-2002/0241.html . > Yes, but it is interesting, that no TLEs are displayed for this object. I did'nt catched on OIG message about the decay of 27405 (in the last Satellite Status Repost I downloaded [dated 2002-11-01] is included as orbiting P = 486.7 min, Hp = 487 km, Ha = 27949 km, i = 18.0 deg.). I am on holidays at home now, with rather slow I-net access (via phone line), therefore I'l wait with the downloading new SSR till Jan 6th. Cf. http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/1990/I065.HTM then click on "Start" (ie. Launch) button. 27405 is almost on the bottom of the page. The headings in the table: COSPAR COSPAR Id. SSC Catalogue No. Zem Country (owned by, three letter ISO code) Zánik Decay or landing date (if applicable) D Object status (G means in geocentric orbit, X decayed, or deorbited, or landed) Název objektu Object common name (mostly used, or description for non-functional objects) I am sorry, that I was unable to make English version of tables yet, as I promised some time ago. But .... (add reasons please yourselves). Furthermore, no entry for 27406 and 27407 exists in the same SSR issue. -- Mgr. Antonin Vitek, CSc. Office: Main Library, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Narodni 3, CZ-11522 Praha 1 - Phone: +420/221 403 255, fax +420/224 240 611 Home: Kytin 127, CZ-25210 Mnisek p. B., Czech Republic Phone: +420/318 592 865, cell +420/603 148 201 - Coord.: 14.2194 deg E, 49.8488 deg N, 442 m ASL My satellite home page: http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/index.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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