BY Geosats Mar 5-10

From: Brad Young (allenb_young@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Mar 10 2012 - 23:25:21 UTC

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    Last few nights of flaring geosats in 20 x 80 binoculars. Very surprised how easy they were. Hispasat / Spainsat set were most interesting, lighting up very low in the east while still in twilight. I checked on them each time to watch the order in which they flare. Tried to find unique ones each night, but there are a few repeats. If not listed here, the objects are probably not easily seen in binoculars, or I did not get them at the best phase angle.
    
    Flaring geosats in a format as described at:
    http://satobs.org/seesat/Oct-2007/0244.html
    
    24742 8336 20120305 0127 W B 000 5  B P INTELSAT 801
    37264 8336 20120305 0130 W B 000 5  B P HISPASAT 1E NOTE 1
    27528 8336 20120305 0130 W B 000 8  B P HISPASAT 1D NOTE 1
    26071 8336 20120305 0130 W B 000 5  B P HISPASAT 1C NOTE 1
    28945 8336 20120305 0130 W B 000 6  B P SPAINSAT NOTE 1
    33153 8336 20120305 0147 W B 000 8  B P INTELSAT 25
    23331 8336 20120305 0212 W B 000 6  B P ASTRA 1D
    25239 8336 20120305 0226 W B 000 8  B P NSS 806
    32253 8336 20120305 0231 W B 000 7  B P INTELSAT 11
    
    24742 8336 20120306 0124 W B 000 6  B P INTELSAT 801
    37264 8336 20120306 0127 W B 000 5  B P HISPASAT 1E NOTE 1
    27528 8336 20120306 0117 W B 000 5  B P HISPASAT 1D NOTE 1
    26071 8336 20120306 0127 W B 000 5  B P HISPASAT 1C NOTE 1
    28945 8336 20120306 0130 W B 000 5  B P SPAINSAT NOTE 1
    27403 8336 20120306 0131 W B 000 7  B P INTELSAT 903
    28526 8336 20120306 0153 W B 000 6  B P NSS 10 NOTE 2
    23331 8336 20120306 0210 W B 000 6  B P ASTRA 1D
    27389 8336 20120306 0214 W B 000 6  B P TDRS 9
    36097 8336 20120306 0227 W B 000 6  B P INTELSAT 14
    23305 8336 20120306 0230 W B 000 7  B P NSS 703
    24819 8336 20120306 0310 W B 000 6  B P INMARSAT 3-F4
    
    27403 8336 20120310 0151 W B 000 7  B P INTELSAT 903
    25126 8336 20120310 0210 W B 000 10 B P ASIASAT 3
    27389 8336 20120310 0220 W B 000 8  B P TDRS 9
    23816 8336 20120310 0253 W B 000 8  B P INTELSAT 707
    35942 8336 20120310 0338 W B 000 8  B P AMAZONAS NOTE 2
    27852 8336 20120310 0338 W B 000 8  B P ECHOSTAR 12 NOTE 2
    25004 8336 20120310 0338 W B 000 8  B P ECHOSTAR 3
    32293 8336 20120310 0356 W B 000 8  B P STAR ONE C1
    24936 8336 20120310 0357 W B 000 8  B P AMC-3 NOTE 2
    37826 8336 20120310 0427 W B 000 5  B P QUETZSAT 1
    26580 8336 20120310 0430 W B 000 6  B P AMC-6
    25516 8336 20120310 0453 W B 000 8  B P AMC-5
    27820 8336 20120310 0459 W B 000 8  B P AMC-9
    28472 8336 20120310 0503 W B 000 7  B P AMC-16
    28626 8336 20120310 0508 W B 000 6  B P XM-3
    37185 8336 20120310 0511 W B 000 9  B P XM-5
    28702 8336 20120310 0527 W B 000 6  B P GALAXY 28
    37809 8336 20120310 0532 W B 000 6  B P SES 2
    31307 8336 20120310 0536 W B 000 9  B P GALAXY 17
    27632 8336 20120310 0536 W B 000 9  B P NIMIQ 2
    25740 8336 20120310 0536 W B 000 9  B P NIMIQ 1
    32763 8336 20120310 0539 W B 000 9  B P ICO G-1
    24812 8336 20120310 0543 W B 000 8  B P GALAXY 25
    33376 8336 20120310 0555 W B 000 2  B P GALAXY 19 ALSO 1X
    35493 8336 20120310 0555 W B 000 6  B P SIRIUS FM-5
    29236 8336 20120310 0604 W B 000 9  B P GALAXY 16
    28903 8336 20120310 0615 W B 000 10 B P SPACEWAY 2
    32729 8336 20120310 0615 W B 000 10 B P DIRECTV 11
    28659 8336 20120310 0618 W B 000 6  B P DIRECTV 8
    36516 8336 20120310 0618 W B 000 10 B P SES -1
    29644 8336 20120310 0629 W B 000 10 B P AMC-18
    28935 8336 20120310 0636 W B 000 6  B P ECHOSTAR 10
    
    NOTES:
    1) 3/6 LISTED AT TIME OF MAX. 3/10 NOTED ORDER OF FLARING BY MAX BRIGHTNESS:
    27528 1:26
    37264, 26071 1:32
    28945 1:39
    2) ONE OF CLOSE SET - CAN'T DISCERN WHICH WAS SEEN
     
    COSPAR 8336 = TULSA1
    36.139208,-95.983429
    
    
    COSPAR 8335 = TULSA2
    +35.8311  -96.1411 1100ft
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