Observations 29 Jan 2008: ------------------------------- Cosatrak 1 (Computerised satellite Tracking System). MINTRON low light level CCD surveillance camera (0.005 lux typical in non integration mode) and 0.00005 lux in STARLIGHT mode with 128 frame integration. Used with 6 inch f/2.7 reflector,integrating for 128 frames which is equivalent to an exposure of 2.56 seconds per image. Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude 33.94058 deg S, Elevation 10 metres - situated in Pinelands (Cape Town), South Africa For CLASSIFIED.TLE: --------------------------- 90013 03 564A 0433 G 20080129182441000 56 15 0607226+133047 39 +080 05 90013 03 564A 0433 G 20080129182820000 56 15 0611007+133227 39 +080 05 90048 05 605B 0433 G 20080129184148400 56 15 0524198+071350 39 +110 05 27168 02 001A 0433 G 20080129184250500 56 15 0522362+065947 39 +101 05 27168 02 001A 0433 G 20080129184701700 56 15 0526481+070120 39 +101 05 90003 99 503A 0433 G 20080129190457300 56 15 0131516+074538 39 +125 05 90003 99 503A 0433 G 20080129190801600 56 15 0134475+075724 39 +125 05 90043 05 835A 0433 G 20080129191940500 56 15 0257278+054634 39 +115 05 90043 05 835A 0433 G 20080129192612200 56 15 0303590+055026 39 +115 05 90034 05 835A 0433 G 20080129194833700 56 15 0623208+094936 39 +110 05 90034 05 835A 0433 G 20080129201934800 56 15 0654289+102156 39 +110 05 90035 05 625A 0433 G 20080129205540700 56 15 0950526+051342 39 +106 05 90035 05 625A 0433 G 20080129210136500 56 15 0956493+051329 39 +106 05 90038 05 638B 0433 G 20080129211845800 56 15 1103019+044340 39 +100 05 90038 05 638B 0433 G 20080129212210300 56 15 1106272+044127 39 +100 05 90036 05 629A 0433 G 20080129213219900 56 15 1121240+060814 39 +105 05 90036 05 629A 0433 G 20080129213848000 56 15 1127539+060536 39 +105 05 Strays seen: --------------- SL-8 R/B variable 10591 78 005J 0433 G 20080129183117000 56 15 0520331+065813 39 +070 05 SL-8 R/B steady 11668 80 003B 0433 G 20080129190112600 56 15 0125467+074900 39 +065 05 TSX-5 steady 26374 00 030A 0433 G 20080129193550700 56 15 0343363+074515 39 +070 05 Eurobird 9 geostationary 24665 96 067A 0433 G 20080129194253200 56 15 0447063+052658 39 +130 05 Intelsat 904 27380 02 007A 0433 G 20080129205540700 56 15 0950058+051920 39 +106 05 Inmarsat 4F1 geostationary 28628 05 009A 0433 G 20080129211150900 56 15 1023197+042950 39 +100 05 Inmarsat 3F1 geostationary 23839 96 020A 0433 G 20080129211513200 56 15 1029161+052359 39 +118 05 Intelsat 906 geostationary 27513 02 041A 0433 G 20080129211414300 56 15 1026499+051753 39 +105 05 Intelsat 4 geostationary 23636 95 040A 0433 G 20080129212436600 56 15 1111025+051113 39 +105 05 Raduga 2 geostationary 09416 76 092A 0433 G 20080129213219900 56 15 1121012+055558 39 +120 05 Gsat 3 geostationary 28417 04 036A 0433 G 20080129214138300 56 15 1136180+050610 39 +110 05 Kalpana geostationary 27525 02 043A 0433 G 20080129214138300 56 15 1136412+051502 39 +120 05 Insat 3C geostationary 27298 02 002A 0433 G 20080129214138300 56 15 1136580+051330 39 +115 05 Atlantic Bird 1 geostationary 27508 02 040A 0433 G 20080129215612000 56 15 0523347+052042 39 +125 05 Notes: ------- (1) Gsat,Kalpana and Insat 3C have a problem. Predictions show 4 objects in a close cluster- I only see three so not sure which is which or what is missing. (2)For the past few weeks I have been doing a radio survey of the Clarke belt above my location and identifying satellites against transmissions heard in the L-Band and S-band sections of the radio spectrum. Most of my optical observing for the next few weeks will be concentrated on these objects . Cheers Greg Cheers Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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