Observations made 05 Nov 2002 Part 1
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CoSaTrak 1, 85mm f/1.6 lens with 0.003 lux CCD surveillance camera.
Conditions - good
Cospar Site #0433 Long 18.5129 E, Lat 33.9406 S, altitude 10 metres
25157 98 007A 0433 G 20021105182447900 17 15 0216149-092900 39 S+055 05
25157 98 007A 0433 G 20021105182536700 17 15 0136048+034310 39 S+054 05
25157 98 007A 0433 G 20021105182607200 17 15 0113073+114040 39 S+055 05
25157 98 007A 0433 G 20021105182616300 17 15 0106365+135305 39 S+056 05
25034 97 068A 0433 G 20021105183627200 17 15 1918149-444845 39 S+054 05
25034 97 068A 0433 G 20021105183340500 17 15 1918445-244531 39 S+052 05
25034 97 068A 0433 G 20021105183853200 17 15 1905444-675317 39 S+053 05
25744 99 028A 0433 G 20021105215851200 17 15 2125422-244527 39 S+081 05
25744 99 028A 0433 G 20021105220255800 17 15 2230374-080808 39 S+080 05
25744 99 028A 0433 G 20021105220339700 17 15 2240441-044847 39 S+080 05
25744 99 028A 0433 G 20021105220508400 17 15 2259596+015806 39 S+080 05
25724 99 023A 0433 G 20021105222443400 17 15 2118090-043059 39 S+075 05
25724 99 023A 0433 G 20021105222546500 17 15 2134299-041037 39 S+075 05
25725 99 023B 0433 G 20021105223908700 17 15 2258409-014134 39 R+068 05
25725 99 023B 0433 G 20021105224052300 17 15 2320127-040954 39 R+068 05
25725 99 023B 0433 G 20021105224229700 17 15 2341101-062841 39 R+068 05
20691 90 050C 0433 G 20021105233318200 17 15 1219352-620024 39 S+055 05
20692 90 050D 0433 G 20021105233318200 17 15 1218266-625223 39 S+055 05
20642 90 050E 0433 G 20021105233318200 17 15 1225426-623802 39 S+055 05
Notes:
(1). A good night, except for several problems - ie forgetting to
switch the video recorder on ( lost DMSP B5C-04), finding that
my time standard had an error of 0.27 seconds and having to
reset it, and tracking wrong satellites ( the less said about
this the better!)
(2) The following have still to be reported:
NOSS 0 (D)
DMSP B5D2-6
DMSP B5D2-7
DMSP 5D-2 S-14
DMSP F15
USA 81 - 2 passes
ALEXIS - may be too faint to get a position from video
ALEXIS rocket
NOSS 3 (C) - 2 passes
NOSS 3 (D)
USA 144 - 1st pass made
MILSTAR 3 - 1st pass made
MILSTAR 3 Centaur rocket - 1st pass
NOSS 2-3 triplet - maybe too faint for good positions?
MSX
(3) At least 5 sporadic meteors seen, four flocks of high flying
birds and several "unknowns", the most notable being
INTELSAT 5-3 rocket at about 10000 kilometres range,
flashing +7 to +8.8 with a regular period of about 7.75
seconds. No UFO's were seen.
(4) I was going to track again tonight but have too many still
to measure/report etc.
Cheers
Greg
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