Observations 04 Mar 2008:
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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 6 inc f/2.7 reflector,integrating for 96 frames
which is equivalent to a max exposure of 1.92 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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96027 00 000A 0433 G 20080304175433800 56 15 0643540+153044 39 +105 05
96027 00 000A 0433 G 20080304180022400 56 15 0649490+153142 39 +105 05
96009 00 000A 0433 G 20080304180121200 56 15 0556270+075158 39 +100 05
96009 00 000A 0433 G 20080304180933100 56 15 0603010+075244 39 +100 05
DSP F-3
05851 72 010A 0433 G 20080304181753100 56 15 1043090+051801 39 +110 05
05851 72 010A 0433 G 20080304182810700 56 15 1053140+044317 39 +100 05
96011 00 000A 0433 G 20080304184627900 56 15 0812020+111532 39 +100 05
96011 00 000A 0433 G 20080304185155500 56 15 0817380+112206 39 +100 05
96023 00 000A 0433 G 20080304185444500 56 15 0612030+122055 39 +120 05
96023 00 000A 0433 G 20080304185938900 56 15 0616090+121819 39 +120 05
96031 00 000A 0433 G 20080304190100800 56 15 0749440+100531 39 +125 05
96031 00 000A 0433 G 20080304190707000 56 15 0756080+095051 39 +125 05
96038 00 000A 0433 G 20080304191630100 56 15 0742010+130613 39 +115 05
96038 00 000A 0433 G 20080304192353200 56 15 0749180+124609 39 +120 05
96040 00 000A 0433 G 20080304194413700 56 15 0552180+202645 39 +130 05
96040 00 000A 0433 G 20080304195046700 56 15 0559140+202755 39 +130 05
DSP F-10
13086 82 019A 0433 G 20080304195725400 56 15 1211070+092049 39 +100 05
13086 82 019A 0433 G 20080304200526900 56 15 1218440+085031 39 +110 05
96049 00 000A 0433 G 20080304202053000 56 15 0751520+141503 39 +135 05
96049 00 000A 0433 G 20080304202939300 56 15 0800320+134802 39 +130 05
96060 00 000A 0433 G 20080304203551700 56 15 0922520+190521 39 +120 05
96060 00 000A 0433 G 20080304204029900 56 15 0928000+183945 39 +115 05
96062 00 000A 0433 G 20080304204331200 56 15 0918470+062815 39 +130 05
96062 00 000A 0433 G 20080304204844300 56 15 0924010+062825 39 +130 05
96070 00 000A 0433 G 20080304205246800 56 15 0645470+032213 39 +130 05
96070 00 000A 0433 G 20080304205851600 56 15 0653270+032044 39 +120 05
DSP F-15
20929 90 095A 0433 G 20080304211112400 56 15 0942010+172259 39 +115 05
20929 90 095A 0433 G 20080304211647000 56 15 0947380+172028 39 +100 05
DSCS 3-12
26575 00 065A 0433 G 20080304213213900 56 15 0717320+052340 39 +110 05
26575 00 065A 0433 G 20080304213746600 56 15 0723070+052337 39 +110 05
Strays seen:
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Telstar 10 geostationary
25010 97 062A 0433 G 20080304181327600 56 15 1036350+050718 39 +105 05
TDF1 geostationary long period invisible
19621 88 098A 0433 G 20080304185444500 56 15 0612160+120939 39 +120 05
Breeze M R/B range 13180 kms steady
31104 07 009C 0433 G 20080304211700100 56 15 0948420+170500 39 +080 05
Block DM-SL R/B range 34372
26452 00 043B 0433 G 20080304211946000 56 15 1220100+072438 39 +115 05
26452 00 043B 0433 G 20080304212422000 56 15 1223250+072827 39 +105 05
Notes:
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(01) Good night but wind causing a lot of telescope vibration.
(02) Earlier I reported that #96027 was steady - this is incorrect. I
observed this early tonight before the camera could integrate so was
seeing the image at 15 frames/sec. This satellite is a regular flasher
with a period of about 1 second.
(03) #96009 mostly steady with some small variability
(04) 72010A is DSP-F3 -- nice regular flashing,easy , AKA as #96043
(05) #96011 small vary in magnitude, easy
(06) #96023 - easy steady
(07) #96031 - fairly easy, mostly steady
(08) #96038 - slight variation
(09) #96040 - troubles with wind shake - bit faint
(10) 82019A #13086 is DSP F-10 aka as #96046 - regular bright flashes,
invisible in between
(11) #96049 - not too bright- moves quite rapidly
(12) #96060 - slightly variable but visible all the time
(13) #96062 - easy and steady
(14) #96070 - easy, nice flasher, moves quite rapidly
(15) 90095A #20929 is DSP F15 - aka as #96083. Nice regular flashing
(16) 00065A #26575 is DSCS 3-12 , aka as #96105 and #90035.Steady. With
such a low inclinations its probably an operational satellite and
this is supported by the radio signals I receive from it.
(17) Satellites (04),(10),(15) and (16) should ideally be cataloged under
real name rather than 96*** number
(18) I tried most of the #96*** objects not yet observed and failed to
see them - they could either be too faint or invisible for long
periods. I have not yet given up on them.
Cheers
Greg
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