Observing Program of the BWGS ----------------------------- The Belgian Working Group Satellites has been active in collecting flash period measurements since 1987. Our priority list contains over 200 satellites. New in the archive : 1. Overview of BWGS program (including recent observations) Send a message with Subject: archive get program/program.* to SeeSat-L-request@iris01.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de Send a message with Subject: archive get program/satoct95.txt to the same address, to get accompanying notes by Tristan Cools (Satorama). 2. PPAS-updates 8 and 9 Send a message with Subject: archive get ppas/ppas5-09.obs to SeeSat-L-request@iris01.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de to get the most recent update to our database of Flash Period Observations (PPAS). Priority codes : b flashing object for beginners d difficult to measure S steady object, potentially flashing in the future ? flash period is unknown or uncertain - long flash period (>40 s) ! top-priority object regular object x additional code for DRA project Changes in this month's program : 69-103A: new, variations seen by MM 71-120B: new, A1 Vostok, discovered by Mike McCants 76-091A: flashes confirmed by Russell Eberst 78-109J: seen S by Kurt Jonckheere; no acceleration 79-012A: new, flashing according to MM and RE 81-033B: small amplitude 83-090A: new, Molniya 3-21 seen by Rainer Kracht 84-065C: new, short period according to RE 86-018A: new, long period acc to Walter Nissen 86-030B: new, long period 87-052A: new, boosted RORSAT 87-074G: somtimes sa 87-106B: new, long period 91-009J: no accelerations confirmed, tm, dtm 92-036B: deleted, S 93-026A: flashes to be confirmed ! 94-066B: deleted, S 94-074B: had a small acceleration, first Zenit to do so ! 95-008B: were are the observations ? 95-012B: same remark as 95-008B ! 95-018B: deleted because re-entered 95-033D: no observations yet 95-046C: new, F2 Tsyklon Sich 1, probably steady 95-052B: new, C1 Kosmos 2321, probably fl in wrong orbit ! Observers of September-October 95 : DB: David M. Brierley, Colorado Springs, USA DSB: Douglas Biggerstaf, Toronto, Canada JEV: Jim Varney, Sacramento, California, USA JVS: Jan Van Steelandt, Gistel, Belgium KJ: Kurt Jonckheere, Oostende, Belgium LS: Lutz Schindler, Braunschweig, Germany MM: Mike McCants, Austin, Texas, USA RE: Russell Eberst, Edinburgh, Scotland RK: Rainer Kracht, Elmshorn, Germany TC: Tristan Cools, Brugge, Belgium WN: Walter Nissen, Ohio, USA Total number of observations: 132 Next deadline for sending in observations: 12 November 1995 Send observations to (please note the changed address) : Tristan Cools Pater Damiaanstraat 11 8000 Bruges, Belgium Phone: +32 50 331096 (includes answering machine) E-mail: tcools@nic.INbe.net Cheers, Tristan Cools & Bart De Pontieu