Hi All Herewith observations made ~ May to Oct 2000 Cheers Greg Observations made using CoSaTrak: ================================= 00004B 26062 OCS Bright 00004E 26065 Asusat Fairly faint, variable 00006B 26070 Cosmos 2369 rkt Flashing,period 2 sec- pretty 00024B 26357 Titan Bright,variable - period 2.15 sec 00025B 26361 GPS47(51?)Del rkt +3/+6 variable, mostly faint 00026A 26365 Dummysat-01 Easy, steady 00026B 26366 Dummysat-02 Easy, steady 00040C 26408 GPS 48 Delta rkt Slow long period, bright/faint 00047A 26473 Lacrosse 4 Bright, steady 00047B 26474 Lacrosse 4 rkt Slowly variable but always bright 00057A 26545 Tiungsat 1 Variable - faint to bright 00057F 26550 Rocket Variable, bright 60013B 00059 Courier 1B rkt Fairly faint, steady 61018A 00163 Midas 3 Difficult - no flashing seen 62049B 00426 Alouette 1 rkt Very faint,steady-low west,bright east 62060B 00447 Anna 1B rocket Brightish,about mag 5.5, steady 63014A 00574 Midas 6 Brief visibility every 9-10 seconds 63030A 00622 Midas 7 Faint-difficult,mostly invisible 63047A 00694 Atlas Centaur 2 Long period invisible till at suitable phase 64001A 00727 Secor rocket Bright,steady -beware phase angle 64002A 00733 Agena D Fairly bright - phase angle sensitive 64004B 00741 Echo 2 rkt Steady +5.5 65008A 01001 Transtage 3 Difficult flasher,long period about 12-13 sec 65027A 01314 Snapshot Faint and steady 65034A 01359 Transtage 4 Very difficult-brief flash ~12/13 seconds 65027C 01389 Snaps D Variable 65034A 01359 Transtage 4 Difficult flasher, long period about 16 sec 65078A 01613 OV1-2 Steady - fairly bright-bright flash low east? 65078B 01616 OV1-2 Rkt Bright - very bright low east,fading as -> W 65106A 01843 Cosmos 100 Very bright and steady 66031A 02142 OAO 1 Steady, fainter than expected 66031B 02144 OAO 1 Rkt NOT SEEN - phase angle ? 66056B 02255 Pageos rocket Difficult,long period- period about 5 seconds 66089A 02481 Midas 9 Faint,variable - multiple flashes occassionally 67045B 02802 Cosmos 158 rkt Steady 68110A 03597 OAO 2 Variable over quite a wide range 68110B 03598 OAO 2 rocket Bright, steady 69082AB 04159 Timation 2 rkt Steady +6 - long period variation ? 69091B 04139 Cosmos 304 rkt Bright, steady 70009A 04327 Sert Steady,bright 70108B 04800 Cosmos 385 rkt Fairly bright, steady 70113A 04813 Cosmos 389 Variable, invisible to bright 70113B 04814 Cosmos 389 rkt Bright and steady 71003A 04849 Meteor 1-7 Steady, fast 71024A 05104 Isis 2 Variable, invisible to flash 71093A 05580 Prospero Faint, flickering ? 71110B 05679 Noss 0 Rkt Steady - another pass variable, faint 71110D 05681 Noss 0 (D) Difficult - invisible 95% of time 72035B 06020 Cosmos 489 rkt Slight variable 72065A 06153 OAO 3 Slowly variable - rather faintish 72065B 06155 OAO 3 rkt Bright, steady 73034B 06660 Meteor 1-15 rkt Faint, variable 73107A 07003 Aureole 2 Steady 73107B 07004 Aureole 2 rkt Faintish,steady 74011A 07209 Meteor 1-16 Bright, steady 74063A 07411 DMSP B5C-03 Difficult - occassional flash 74079B 07477 Cosmos 689 rkt Steady, faintish 75043A 07816 DMSP 7 Occassional flash,mostly invisible 75072B 08063 Cos B rkt Steady, faint 75076B 08128 Cosmos 756 rkt Bright, fast 76022B 08745 Cosmos 807 rkt Steady, fairly bright 76038C 08835 NOSS 1 (C) Easy (WPK) 76077A 09057 Noaa 5 Nil seen 76103A 09486 Cosmos 860 Brightish, fairly long period? 77044A 10033 AMS 2 DMSP F2 Variable - somewhat off track 20 sec early 77087B 10355 Cosmos 951 rkt Steady, faintish-brightened 77091B 10363 Cos 955 Rocket Steady, fairly bright 78018B 10675 UME 2 Qucik bright flash every 3-4 seconds 78042A 10820 DMSP F3 Slowly tumbling (WPK) 78016C 12908 Fleetsat 1 rkt 15 sec flash period inv/fairly bright 78039B 10793 Yuri rocket Bright,steady- variable in west 78042A 10820 AMS 3 (DMSP F3) Faintish with occassional flashes 78102F 11106 ISEE Rk-C (???) Nice double flasher low west then invisible 79057A 11416 Noaa 6 Brightish,variable, spec.flash to -3! 79057A 11416 Noaa 6 Faint, steady ( poor phase angle) 80030A 11765 Cosmos 1174 Steady 80051B 11849 Met1-30 rocket Bright, steady ( variable +3/inv, mostly faint) 80097B 12088 Cosmos 1225 rkt Brightish, steady 81033B 12389 Cosmos 1263 rkt Bright, steady ,fast 81043B 12457 Meteor 2-7 rkt Steady, fairly faint 81057A 12553 Noaa 7 Regular flashing,fairly bright to invisible 81075B 12646 Intrcos 22 rkt Bright,steady 81094A 12848 Aureole 3 Faint, steady-maybe variable long period 81103B 12904 Cosmos 1315 Rkt Bright 82025B 13114 Meteor 2-8 rkt Bright,steady 82043A 13175 Cosmos 1365 Steady, faintish 83010A 13818 Cosmos 1441 Steady, bright 83061A 14147 Cosmos 1470 Fairly faint, steady 84088D 15202 Ampte 1 rkt Faint but steady 84115B 15392 Nato 3D rkt Variable vis/invisible - bright at good phase 85006B 15483 Cosmos 1624 Rt Bright 85042D 15755 Cosmos 1656 rk Bright 85094G 16144 Cosmos 1690 rk Steady, fairly bright - unknown ? 86006B 16496 Cosmos 1726 rkt Easy,steady 86017A 16609 Mir Brilliant! 86019C 16615 Ari V.16 H8 db Brightish, tumbling rapidly-nice 86014D 16623 Noss 7 (D) ) Saw two of the three - one was 86014E 16624 Noss 7 (E) ) variable and brightened a lot, 86014H 16631 Noss 7 (H) ) other member very faint 86024A 16647 Cosmos 1736 Faint, brightened a lot, slow period 86034B 16720 Cosmos 1743 rkt Very bright,steady 86046B 16792 Cosmos 1758 rkt Bright 86055B 16882 Cosmos 1766 rkt Bright,steady 86061A 16908 EGP Beautiful flasher 86061C 16910 EGP-JAS Rk Faint, steady 86094A 17177 Cosmos 1803 Fairly bright, slight varying 86094B 17178 Cosmos 1803 rkt Faint, varying slowly 87018A 17527 MOS 1-A Easy, variable regular-short period 87018B 17528 Mos 1-A rkt Fast, bright steady 87024B 17567 Cosmos 1825 rkt Steady, fast 87027B 17590 Cosmos 1833 rkt Variable, fairly bright 87038B 17912 Cosmos 1842 rkt Bright 87053A 18123 DMSP B5D2-3 Flashing every 2-3 seconds ? Steady +6 mag 87060A 18187 Cosmos 1867 Bright, +5 steady 87087B 18403 Cosmos 1891 rkt Varying slightly 87101A 18665 Cosmos 1900 Brightish, fairly steady-long period ~minute 88002G 18794 Cosmos 1909 Faint, steady 88039A 19119 Cosmos 1943 Bright, long period variation 88039B 19120 Cosmos 1943 rkt Steady - brief track 88064B 19337 Meteor 3-2 rkt Steady 88078A 19460 USA 32 Easy, rapid flickering 88102B 19650 Cosmos 1980 rkt Steady - brief track 89018B 19852 Meteor 2-18 rkt Steady 89080A 20261 Activnyi Bright,steady 89080C 20262 Activnyi rkt Bright,steady 89086A 20305 Meteor 3-3 Faint, steady - slightly variable? 89089A 20322 Cobe Brightish, steady 89089A 20322 Cobe Steady,not very bright -phase angle? 89100B 20390 Cosmos 2053 rkt Bright 90004B 20433 Cosmos 2056 rkt Fairly faint 90005H 20443 Spot 2 Rkt Variable,bright at good phase angle, steady +4 90008B 20453 Navstar2-6 rkt Bright, steady 90010A 20465 Cosmos 2058 Bright, steady 90010B 20466 Cosmos 2058 rkt Bright, steady (short track) 90013B 20491 Mos-1B rkt Bright, steady 90018B 20511 Okean 2 rocket Bright, steady 90028B 20547 USA 55 Faint, variable 90037B 20580 HST Nice, bright 90046B 20625 Cosmos 2082 rkt Bright,steady 90049A 20638 Rosat Faint,steady then brightened a lot! 90055D 20666 Cosmos 2084 rkt Steady - fairly bright 90050C 20691 Noss 2-1 (c) Very faint ) 90050D 20692 Noss 2-1 (d) Faint - steady ) big seperation! 90050E 20642 Noss 2-1 (e) Faint - steady ) 90086B 20827 Meteor 2-20 rkt Quite easy, reasonably steady 91017A 21147 Lacrosse 2 Bright- slight variation ? 91019B 21153 Nadezhda 3 rkt Bright/fairly faint - variable 91039A 21397 Okean 3 Fast, steady, faintish 91050E 21578 SARA Variable, bright- mostly invisible 91062B 21695 Yohkoh rocket Fast, steady 91063B 21701 UARS Bright 91068B 21734 Cosmos 2157 rkt Fairly faint - rapid flickering 91082A 21798 DMSP BD5D2-6 Steady, about mag 6.5 92012B 21903 Cosmos 2181 rkt Variable, faint 92020B 21938 Cosmos 2184 Rkt Faintish 92030J 21984 Cosmos 2187 rkt Variable, slow flasher 92052A 22076 Topex Steady, fairly faint 92066B 22176 Kopncs 3 Rkt Variable, long period 92076B 22220 Cosmos 2219 rkt Steady +4 92093B 22285 Cosmos 2227 rkt Bright,steady 93008B 22488 Cosmos 2233 rkt Faint, variable got bright, long period 93014A 22561 Start 1 Faint - steady 93024A 22626 Cosmos 2242 Faintish, steady, got brighter 93050A 22739 Noaa 13 Faint, irregular flares 93056B 22788 UHF 2 Rk Bright flasher 93055A 22782 Meteor 2-21 Fairly bright,steady 93061H 22830 Spot 3 rkt Faintish, steady 94003B 22970 Meteor 3-6 rkt Faint, steady (cirrus?) 94023A 23087 Cosmos 2278 Steady 94035B 23133 UHF F/O F3 rkt Steady bright 94046A 23191 Apex Brightish - variable ? 94046A 23191 Apex NOT SEEN 94068B 23324 IRS-P2 Rkt Steady,faintish 94074A 23342 Resurs 01-3 Bright,steady 94074B 23343 Resurs 01-3 Rkt Bright 94077B 23405 Cosmos 2297 rkt Bright 94078A 23411 Geo IK Bright 94083B 23432 Cosmos 2298 rkt Bright, steady 94085B 23440 RS-15 rkt Very faint, short period tumble 95002D 23466 Tsikada rkt Variable, bright to invisible 95015A 23533 DMSP B5D2-8 VERY bright at certain phase angles-low south 95015A 23533 DMSP B5D2-8 NOT SEEN - phase angle ? 95018A 23549 Ofeq 3 Faint, reasonably steady - bright low east 95021B 23561 ERS 2 rkt Bright,steady 95058B 23705 Cosmos 2322 rkt Bright 95059A 23710 Radarsat Bright,steady 95059B 23711 Surfsat rkt Steady, fairly bright 95072C 23753 Irs-1C Rkt Bright,steady 96004A 23773 Cosmos 2327 Faintish, steady 96004B 23774 Cosmos 2327 rkt Faint, variable to invisible 96024A 23851 MSX Bright 96025A 23853 Cosmos 2332 Steady, faintish 96029A 23863 NOSS 2-3 (A) Easy, nice 3 objects 96029D 23862 NOSS 2-3 (D) Easy, nice 3 objects 96029E 23936 NOSS 2-3 (E) Easy, nice 3 objects 96041B 23954 GPS 2-26 rkt Steady, easy 96051B 24298 Cosmos 2333 rkt Steady,bright 96052C 24306 Cosmos 2334 rkt Steady-faintish- variable another pass 96056B 24323 GPS 39 rkt Steady,easy 97020C 24794 Iridium 6 Faint, variable 97020F 24797 Iridium 4 rkt Variable, mostly steady- another ~5 sec ahead 97030A 24836 Iridium 914 Nice - regular bright flash every ~7 seconds 97030C 24838 Iridium 9 Nice, slight varying 97030G 24842 Iridium 11 Easy, tumbling - Willies Porsche 97034C 24871 Iridium 20 Easy flashing 97034D 24872 Iridium 18 Fairly bright, steady 97034E 24873 Iridium 921 Bright to invisible - long cycle 97048A 24925 Dummy Mass 1 Bright,steady 97056A 24965 Iridium 19 Bright, flare 97056C 24967 Iridium 36 Variable, faintish 97056D 24968 Iridium 37 Bright,steady 97056E 24969 Iridium 34 Faint,steady 97064A 25017 Lacrosse 3 Bright 97064B 25018 Lacrosse 3 rkt Bright, variable 97067B 25031 GPS 44 Rkt Bright, fast - flashing ??? 97069A 25039 Iridium 43 Faint 97069B 25040 Iridium 41 Fairly bright, steady 97074B 25064 ETS 7 Steady,easy 97077A 25077 Iridium 42 Steady, faintish 97082A 25104 Iridium 45 Flare 97082B 25105 Iridium 24 tmb Pretty ! - easy 97082E 25108 Iridium 49 Steady, fairly easy 97084B 25113 Orbcom FM10 NOT SEEN 98008A 25162 Globalstar 1 Steady, faintish - maybe varying 98010E 25173 Iridium 53 Brightish, steady 98011A 25175 Comets(Kakehashi) Difficult, mostly invisible 6500 kms 98018B 25263 Iridium 61 Bright, steady, minor flare 98023A 25306 Globalstar 6 Faint,steady 98023D 25309 Globalstar 15 Steady, easy 98030A 25338 Noaa 15 Steady, fairly easy 98032A 25342 Iridium 70 Faint 98048A 25431 Iridium 3 Steady, fairly easy 98051B 25468 Iridium 81 Faint steady 98051C 25469 Iridium 80 Easy 98066B 25528 Iridium 86? Faintish (WPK) 98067A 25544 ISS Bright, steady 98071B 25561 SWAS Peg Rkt Fast, flasher 98072C 25569 Nadezhda 5 rkt Slow variable 98076B 25592 Cosmos 2361 rkt Faintish - variable to bright 99008D 25637 Argos Delta Rkt Very bright, slow varying 99022A 25721 Abrixas Steady , mag +6 99022C 25723 Abrixas rocket Lovely 1 sec flasher - bright/invisible 99023A 25724 Milstar 3 Steady,bright 99023B 25725 Milstar 3 rkt Flashing to invisible-period about 1 sec 99025A 25730 Feng Yun 1C Bright,steady 99025C 25732 Feng Yun 1C Rkt Steady,fairly bright 99025D 25733 CSL-4deb Steady, easy 99031B 25771 Globalstar 49 Faint, steady 99031D 25773 Globalstar 47 Nice, steady 99032B 25778 Iridium 21a? Brightish 99041B 25873 Globalstar 28 Brightish, steady - identified as unknown 99041E 25876 Globalstar 26 rkt Bright,steady 99058B 25944 Globalstar B Slow, steady fairly bright This is a listing of all satellites seen so far with the CCD camera so are therefore suitable candidates for bright satellite tracking Iridium satellites that are predictable flare satellites are not normally listed. Last updated 2 Nov 2000 ( covers observations since ~May 2000) Greg Roberts Long 18.5129 East, Lat 33.9406 South (GPS position) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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