Following are changes to the priority for observation of PPAS-objects. Every line contains: International designator catalogue number old priority new priority name comment with code used in the PPAS for the observer(s) who detected the change(s) 1969-082F 04247 - 3 OPS 7613 (P/L 5); variable (RE); new to the program 1975-027E 10730 3 - Geos 3 debris; steady for a long time; drop from program 1978-016C 12908 1 - dropped because it has decayed 1987-053A 18123 6 - DMSP 5D2-F8 (USA 26); steady for a long time; drop from program 1988-005A 18820 - 2 Meteor-2 17; variable (RE); new to the program 1992-010A 21893 - 2 Superbird B1; variable (BY, EC, RF); new to the program 1992-012A 21902 - 3 Kosmos 2181; variable (RE); new to the program 1997-052C 24955 3 1 Kosmos 2346 rk [Kosmos]; accelarating (LB) 1998-026B 25320 2 1 Iridium 71; steady for a long time; drop from program 1999-034A 25789 2 6 Quickscat; Is payload with constant flash period 2001-023B 26819 2 1 Kosmos 2378 rk [Kosmos]; mean motion jumps (MM) together with acceleration of flash period (LB) 2001-055B 26998 3 - TIMED; steady for a long time; drop from program 2002-037D 27473 4 - Kosmos 2392 r2; steady for a long time; drop from program 2002-058F 27610 5 - Rubin 2 rk [Dnepr]; steady for a long time; drop from program 2004-025B 28367 4 - Celestis 04 Dnepr rk; steady for a long time; drop from program 2005-11B 28637 - 3 XSS-11 rk [Minotaur]; variable (RE); new to the program 2005-027A 28776 - - FSW-3 4 service module; decayed 2005-048C 28910 - 1 Kosmos 2416 rk [Kosmos]; recent launch -> rapid flasher (LB) The complete program and PPAS are available at Mike McCants website: http://users2.ev1.net/~mmccants/bwgs/index.html and are updated monthly. Bram Dorreman Collector PPAS observations COSPAR 4160 51° 16' 45.5" N 5° 28' 36.6" E (WGS84) 35 m ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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