Optical 14 May 2012 Part 2 of ?

From: Greg Roberts (grr@telkomsa.net)
Date: Wed May 16 2012 - 14:48:30 UTC

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    Observations 14 MAY 2012 PART 2
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    Cosatrak 1 (Computerised satellite Tracking System).
    
    FLI ML8300M CCD camera with mechanical shutter + Trimble GPS
    
    Used with NIKON ED AF NIKKOR 80-200mm f/2.8 telephoto lens
    set at ~150mm focal length. Field of view 6.9 x 5.3 degrees,
    Time is accurate to within 50 milliseconds.
    
    Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude -33.94058 deg,
    Elevation 10 metres-situated in Pinelands (Cape Town),South Africa
    
    FOR CLASSIFIED.TLE:
    ---------------------------------
    23132 94 035A   0433 G 20120514190536779 55 15 1428171+071006 19
    23132 94 035A   0433 G 20120514190721242 55 15 1430023+070728 19
    25967 99 063A   0433 G 20120514183824159 55 15 1524197+051217 19
    25967 99 063A   0433 G 20120514183941209 55 15 1525383+051049 19
    25967 99 063A   0433 G 20120514184202023 55 15 1528022+050807 19
    26575 00 065A   0433 G 20120514190046575 55 15 1437533+065927 19
    26575 00 065A   0433 G 20120514190223048 55 15 1439307+065817 19
    28117 03 057A   0433 G 20120514183824159 55 15 1519476+041211 19
    28117 03 057A   0433 G 20120514183941209 55 15 1521066+041114 19
    28117 03 057A   0433 G 20120514184202023 55 15 1523264+040926 19
    28158 04 004A   0433 G 20120514184202023 55 15 1515524+064018 19
    33490 09 001A   0433 G 20120514192125950 55 15 1402518+043030 19
    33490 09 001A   0433 G 20120514192314515 55 15 1404405+042824 19
    33491 09 001B   0433 G 20120514184202023 55 15 1508292+032156 19
    33491 09 001B   0433 G 20120514184645100 55 15 1512480+031818 19
    33491 09 001B   0433 G 20120514184822210 55 15 1514156+031709 19
    34713 09 017A   0433 G 20120514185049273 55 15 1443407+051938 19
    34713 09 017A   0433 G 20120514185221566 55 15 1445129+051952 19
    34713 09 017A   0433 G 20120514185629017 55 15 1449204+051926 19
    34713 09 017A   0433 G 20120514185803994 55 15 1450567+051936 19
    34713 09 017A   0433 G 20120514190046575 55 15 1453397+051921 19
    34713 09 017A   0433 G 20120514190223048 55 15 1455172+051904 19
    
    UNKNOWN 1:
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    99990 99 999A   0433 G 20120514183941209 55 15 1542570+050713 19
    99990 99 999A   0433 G 20120514183824159 55 15 1541383+050705 19
    99990 99 999A   0433 G 20120514183434837 55 15 1537496+050800 19
    99990 99 999A   0433 G 20120514183550204 55 15 1539046+050707 19
    
    UNKNOWN 2:
    --------------
    99991 99 999B   0433 G 20120514192807698 55 15 1352381+052728 19
    99991 99 999B   0433 G 20120514192951890 55 15 1354240+052731 19
    99991 99 999B   0433 G 20120514193252171 55 15 1357256+052724 19
    99991 99 999B   0433 G 20120514193444694 55 15 1359161+052726 19
    
    OTHER SATELLITES:
    -----------------------
    29163 06 020B   0433 G 20120514183434837 55 15 1546041+050445 19
    33108 08 033A   0433 G 20120514183434837 55 15 1545164+050710 19
    25010 97 062A   0433 G 20120514183434837 55 15 1537175+051054 19
    37344 11 001A   0433 G 20120514183434837 55 15 1535416+051016 19
    32779 08 019A   0433 G 20120514183434837 55 15 1539562+050358 19
    27298 02 002A   0433 G 20120514183434837 55 15 1527011+050716 19
    32050 07 037A   0433 G 20120514183434837 55 15 1527047+051007 19
    25924 99 053A   0433 G 20120514183434837 55 15 1531041+050850 19
    23571 95 023A   0433 G 20120514183824159 55 15 1522181+053527 19
    23915 96 035A   0433 G 20120514183824159 55 15 1522373+051507 19
    38098 12 011A   0433 G 20120514183824159 55 15 1522511+051157 19
    27554 02 051A   0433 G 20120514183824159 55 15 1516038+050901 19
    23766 96 002C   0433 G 20120514183824159 55 15 1524457+032049 19
    26394 00 036A   0433 G 20120514183824159 55 15 1520356+064624 19
    23680 95 054A   0433 G 20120514183824159 55 15 1524512+060835 19
    37238 10 065B   0433 G 20120514184202023 55 15 1500082+051624 19
    37777 11 041C   0433 G 20120514184202023 55 15 1504256+052131 19
    26766 01 019A   0433 G 20120514184202023 55 15 1510552+051119 19
    25473 98 052A   0433 G 20120514184202023 55 15 1511350+051257 19
    38104 12 012D   0433 G 20120514184202023 55 15 1517265+030626 19
    32373 07 058A   0433 G 20120514184202023 55 15 1517246+051312 19
    27554 02 051A   0433 G 20120514184202023 55 15 1519391+050924 19
    28234 04 015A   0433 G 20120514184202023 55 15 1518525+070736 19
    27513 02 041A   0433 G 20120514184645100 55 15 1456518+051412 19
    23839 96 020A   0433 G 20120514184645100 55 15 1458194+052122 19
    37812 11 049D   0433 G 20120514184645100 55 15 1504234+082247 19
    21964 92 027A   0433 G 20120514184645100 55 15 1503372+073707 19
    34811 09 020B   0433 G 20120514185049273 55 15 1500370+050623 19
    35943 09 054B   0433 G 20120514185049273 55 15 1456021+051615 19
    27380 02 007A   0433 G 20120514185049273 55 15 1442508+051729 19
    26900 01 039A   0433 G 20120514185049273 55 15 1451348+051703 19
    34265 09 010B   0433 G 20120514185803994 55 15 1442511+071258 19
    24846 97 031A   0433 G 20120514190046575 55 15 1427486+061003 19
    23842 96 021A   0433 G 20120514190046575 55 15 1430247+051750 19
    37605 11 022A   0433 G 20120514190046575 55 15 1430468+051754 19
    27951 03 043E   0433 G 20120514190046575 55 15 1431155+052126 19
    22981 94 008A   0433 G 20120514190046575 55 15 1428240+063738 19
    38091 12 008A   0433 G 20120514190046575 55 15 1446587+032517 19
    36032 09 058A   0433 G 20120514190046575 55 15 1439411+052115 19
    26487 00 052A   0433 G 20120514190046575 55 15 1436238+055536 19
    25546 98 068A   0433 G 20120514190046575 55 15 1435170+054722 19
    37393 11 016B   0433 G 20120514190536779 55 15 1424384+052224 19
    32294 07 056B   0433 G 20120514190536779 55 15 1425461+052001 19
    28134 03 060A   0433 G 20120514190536779 55 15 1426532+052216 19
    25626 99 005A   0433 G 20120514190721242 55 15 1415165+052409 19
    28885 05 041B   0433 G 20120514191038842 55 15 1405052+052609 19
    38245 12 016A   0433 G 20120514191038842 55 15 1407408+052118 19
    33460 08 065B   0433 G 20120514191038842 55 15 1409289+052533 19
    23124 94 034A   0433 G 20120514191038842 55 15 1407273+060349 19
    28089 03 053A   0433 G 20120514191038842 55 15 1413544+052116 19
    14158 83 065A   0433 G 20120514191038842 55 15 1416208+054038 19
    24665 96 067A   0433 G 20120514191038842 55 15 1410546+072859 19
    22931 93 078B   0433 G 20120514191038842 55 15 1412321+072449 19
    37778 11 041D   0433 G 20120514191038842 55 15 1412488+072557 19
    26590 00 068A   0433 G 20120514191636813 55 15 1402056+052539 19
    25922 99 052A   0433 G 20120514191636813 55 15 1402329+052511 19
    33056 08 030B   0433 G 20120514192125950 55 15 1353346+052823 19
    26666 01 002A   0433 G 20120514192125950 55 15 1353309+052404 19
    38014 11 077A   0433 G 20120514192125950 55 15 1355471+052930 19
    27825 03 026A   0433 G 20120514192125950 55 15 1402350+043234 19
    18953 88 018C   0433 G 20120514192125950 55 15 1402430+064808 19
    25913 99 050A   0433 G 20120514192125950 55 15 1404129+072516 19
    37779 11 042A   0433 G 20120514192807698 55 15 1342025+053103 19
    27811 03 020A   0433 G 20120514192807698 55 15 1346344+052651 19
    28463 04 043A   0433 G 20120514192807698 55 15 1351173+065502 19
    23867 96 030D   0433 G 20120514192807698 55 15 1356353+060427 19
    15629 85 025A   0433 G 20120514192951890 55 15 1354403+055851 19
    23764 96 002A   0433 G 20120514192951890 55 15 1344516+072554 19
    
    NOTES:
    -------
    (1) First lot of results from my survey of the CLARKE belt visible
        from my location, starting at about 15 degrees elevation in
        the east and working westward to about elevation 25. Exposures
        in the range 60 to 120 seconds using CCD camera in 1 bin mode.
        Pixel scale is 7.60 arc sec/pixel and going to to about mag +13.
    
    (2) Two unknowns found.
    
        99990 - this unknown lies between APSTAR 2R and CTDRS -for my
                location this is azimuth 070.8, elevation 17.8 degrees.
                I do not think it is PAN. It showed no obvious trailing
                in the exposure so is probably a true geostationary,
                either unknown or not in my current database compiled
                14 May 2012.
    
        99991 - this unknown lies between HELLAS SAT 2 and TURKSAT 3A.
                This might be PAN - its quite bright but its not near
                any obvious candidate for sitting close to as in the
                past. The image was not trailed in any of the 90 sec
                exposures so its not obviously drifting.
    
    (3) When a classified satellite is spotted I will measure all the
        images in which the satellite appears. For non-classified
        objects I will only report one position per satellite.
    
    (4) I still have a LOT to do - done about 22 of the 99 fields
        taken!! I will report daily as I slowly move westward.
    
    (5) Ive done enough for today - my bum is numb!
    
    Cheers
    Greg 
    
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