Observations 22 JUNE 2006:
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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 145mm focal length f/2.5 lens,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 CLASSFD.TLE:
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13172 82 041C 0433 G 20060622170250200 56 15 0524187-615752 39 +080 05
13172 82 041C 0433 G 20060622170426100 56 15 0738459-361609 39 +075 05
13172 82 041C 0433 G 20060622170519000 56 15 0816257-160920 39 +080 05
13172 82 041C 0433 G 20060622170615500 56 15 0840597+024840 39 +085 05
90013 03 564A 0433 G 20060622173312400 56 15 1446540+012811 39 +075 05
90028 04 846A 0433 G 20060622173949400 56 15 1421274+332528 39 +080 05
90028 04 846A 0433 G 20060622174245400 56 15 1447255+282820 39 +075 05
90028 04 846A 0433 G 20060622174503000 56 15 1514248+231110 39 +070 05
90028 04 846A 0433 G 20060622174659900 56 15 1544441+171102 39 +060 05
90028 04 846A 0433 G 20060622174917500 56 15 1633070+072741 39 +065 05
90037 05 638A 0433 G 20060622175134800 56 15 1703209-042057 39 +080 05
90035 05 638A 0433 G 20060622175745700 56 15 1621280+051552 39 +100 05
90036 05 638A 0433 G 20060622180147500 56 15 1718444+032436 39 +105 05
90038 05 638B 0433 G 20060622180518900 56 15 1718488+020448 39 +095 05
90042 05 828A 0433 G 20060622180945500 56 15 1620512+062153 39 +110 05
90043 05 835A 0433 G 20060622181919200 56 15 1127016+053116 39 +105 05
90048 05 605B 0433 G 20060622182647000 56 15 1757104+041047 39 +110 05
90053 05 551A 0433 G 20060622183229100 56 15 1046385+062418 39 +105 05
90034 05 592A 0433 G 20060622184122900 56 15 1446527+060815 39 +110 05
90034 05 592A 0433 G 20060622184716500 56 15 1452478+060028 39 +105 05
90033 05 558A 0433 G 20060622184931900 56 15 1319475+074505 39 +105 05
90031 05 546A 0433 G 20060622190414600 56 15 1808499+044344 39 +095 05
27168 02 001A 0433 G 20060622190952200 56 15 1320095+042550 39 +080 05
27168 02 001A 0433 G 20060622191101900 56 15 1321175+042605 39 +080 05
27168 02 001A 0433 G 20060622191201400 56 15 1322189+042453 39 +080 05
27168 02 001A 0433 G 20060622191402100 56 15 1324198+042412 39 +080 05
Another bright unknown geostationary ?
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91071 06 173GEO 0433 G 20060622190952200 56 15 1317243+041856 39 +080 05
91071 06 173GEO 0433 G 20060622191101900 56 15 1318306+041838 39 +080 05
91071 06 173GEO 0433 G 20060622191201400 56 15 1319329+041839 39 +080 05
91071 06 173GEO 0433 G 20060622191402100 56 15 1321338+041803 39 +080 05
Strays seen:
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Cosmos 842 rocket
09044 76 070B 0433 G 20060622164458600 56 15 1042475+202734 39 +075 05
Cosmos 2268 rocket
23005 94 011G 0433 G 20060622165544500 56 15 0516128-603039 39 +080 05
Thuraya 2 geostationary
27825 03 026A 0433 G 20060622173337200 56 15 1446221+004856 39 +105 05
Intelsat 904 geostationary
27380 02 007A 0433 G 20060622175745700 56 15 1620205+051657 39 +105 05
Pas 4 geostationary
23636 95 040A 0433 G 20060622180147500 56 15 1717296+050928 39 +110 05
Kupon geostationary
25045 97 070A 0433 G 20060622180945500 56 15 1617516+063348 39 +115 05
NSS703 Intelsat geostationary
23305 94 064A 0433 G 20060622181253200 56 15 1623318+051809 39 +110 05
Insat 3C geostationary
27298 02 002A 0433 G 20060622182647000 56 15 1750518+050758 39 +100 05
Kalpana 1 geostationary
27525 02 043A 0433 G 20060622182647000 56 15 1751029+050651 39 +100 05
LMI 1 geostationary
25924 99 053A 0433 G 20060622182647000 56 15 1755042+050733 39 +105 05
Astra geostationary - see notes
00000 00 000A 0433 G 20060622184122900 56 15 1442343+052525 39 +095 05
Astra geostationary - see notes
00000 00 000B 0433 G 20060622184122900 56 15 1442379+053100 39 +095 05
Eurobird geostationary
26719 01 011A 0433 G 20060622184122900 56 15 1443532+052750 39 +095 05
Xtar-Eur geostationary
28542 05 005A 0433 G 20060622184122900 56 15 1446044+052812 39 +080 05
Telecom 1B geostationary variable - regular ?
15678 85 035B 0433 G 20060622184931900 56 15 1312440+072123 39 +110 05
Pas 10 geostationary
26766 01 019A 0433 G 20060622190414600 56 15 1804548+051049 39 +095 05
Pas 7 geostationary
25473 98 052A 0433 G 20060622190414600 56 15 1805424+051038 39 +090 05
Eutelsat W5
27554 02 051A 0433 G 20060622190820300 56 15 1817331+050544 39 +085 05
Notes :
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(1) I saw two Astra satellites where SPACETRACK show 3 so I dont know
which is which - not that it is important.
(2) The new unknown looks very interesting. Its about 3/4 degree away from
MILSTAR 5,has the same brightness and is also steady. I am reasonably
sure I dont have the two mixed up - ie Milstar 5 reported is Milstar 5
and not the unknown. (Mike--any chance it may be #91067 found 23 May,
inclination around 3.7 degrees?).
(3) Still have some more to measure-eg #90029 (seen) and several search
regions to go through- hopefully report tomorrow.
(4) I will soon have to take my system out of operation for a while
as the intermittent problems I am having - loss of power to the
MINTRON camera and loss of power to the stepper motors - is getting
worse. The system was installed about 5 years ago and many of the
contacts/connections have corroded or tarnished so it looks like I
will have to replace all wiring and use new/better connections.Since
part of the cabling is in an underground pipe this will all have to
be checked. I will try and delay doing this until the full of the
moon.
Cheers
Greg
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