Mintron 12V1C-EX and lens 12 mm f/1.4
field of view 30 x 22 degrees (pixel size 0.04 deg)
2004 Feb 20, limiting mag 9.0
The video camera was aimed at the geostationary belt
in the antisolar direction. Many bright geosats were found:
name intdes catno UTC mag
2004 Feb 20
Turksat 1C/2A at 42.0 E 20:47 5
Express 4A 2002-029A 27441 21:07 6.5
Eutelsat W4 2000-028A 26369 21:15 7.5
Turksat 1B 1994-049B 23200 21:28 5.5
Arabsat 2A 1996-040A 23948 21:31 4
Raduga 1-5 2000-049A 26477 21:31 6
Anatolia 1 1996-006A 23779 21:36 5
Inmarsat 3-F5 1998-006B 25153 21:42 6
Unknown031017 2003-790A 90018 21:50 7
Arabsat 2B 1996-063A 24652 21:52 7.5
Eurobird 2001-011A 26719 21:52 7
Eutelsat W4 2000-028A 26369 21:57 5.5
Eutelsat 2 F-3 1991-083A 21803 22:08 4
Raduga 1-4 1999-010A 25642 22:13 6
Astra 1D 1994-070A 23331 22:20 5
Artemis 2001-029A 26863 22:24 6
Astra cluster at 28.2 E 22:33 6
Astra cluster at 19.2 E 22:50 6
Eutelsat W2 1998-056A 25491 22:50 6
HotBird cluster at 13.0 E 22:50 6
Sicral 1 2001-005A 26694 22:51 7.5
DSP 20 2000-024A 26356 22:55 5 flashing
Astra cluster at 19.2 E 23:27 5.5
Eutelsat W3 1999-018A 25673 23:27 8
Sirius 2 1997-071A 25049 23:27 7.5
Thor 3/2A at 00.8 W 23:30 7.5
PPAS
00- 24 A 04-02-20 22:55:28 RK 90.2 0.3 9 10.0 mag 5->INV
I have made additional observations of UNK031017 with the f=75 mm
lens (field of view 5.0 x 3.7 deg, pixel size 0.007 deg) on Mar 13.
Updated elset:
UNK031017 3.2
1 90018U 03790A 04073.00000000 .00000000 00000-0 00000+0 0 00
2 90018 2.7703 35.5972 0003392 166.1055 357.4260 1.00264139 00
Surprisingly, a new unknown satellite was visible in the March 13 images of UNK031017.
Rough elset for the new unknown satellite:
1
53.7695 -9.6626 30. Rainer Kracht
UNK040313 3.2
1 90021U 04 73.52366253 .00000000 00000-0 00000+0 0 02
2 90021 2.1636 18.9654 0000010 0.0000 11.9139 0.99262762 00
1 04 03 13 21 25 43.6 10 58.715 -06.1061 2000 mag 9
1 04 03 13 21 29 33.7 11 02.515 -06.1316 2000 mag 9
1 04 03 13 21 33 12.0 11 06.113 -06.1679 2000 mag 8.5
1 04 03 13 21 35 55.4 11 08.824 -06.1887 2000 mag 9
1 04 03 13 21 36 58.8 11 09.873 -06.1969 2000 mag 10
Or if it's a true geosync satellite:
UNK040313
1 90021U 04 74.00000000 .00000000 00000-0 00000+0 0 02
2 90021 2.1958 19.9719 0000010 0.0000 181.4904 1.00273000 00
Rainer
Rainer Kracht
Elmshorn, Germany
Station 5005
53.7695N 9.6626E 9m Potsdam Datum
53.7679N 9.6614E 47m WGS84
R.Kracht@t-online.de
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