Observations made 15 Oct 2002 #2 -------------------------------- CoSaTrak 1, 85mm f/1.6 lens with 0.003 lux CCD surveillance camera. Conditions - poor - moon and much drifting cloud For info on CoSaTrak please visit http://canopus.saao.ac.za/~wpk/CoSaTrak/cosatrak.html Cospar Site #0433 Long 18.5129 E, Lat 33.9406 S, altitude 10 metres 08884 76 038J 0433 P 20021015174734200 17 15 1433140-505558 39 I+084 05 25157 98 007A 0433 P 20021015173546000 17 15 2033220-284937 39 S+049 05 25157 98 007A 0433 P 20021015173555200 17 15 2024030-242123 39 S+048 05 23233 94 057A 0433 P 20021015175605500 17 15 2316300-675528 39 S+048 05 23233 94 057A 0433 P 20021015175715300 17 15 2135080-424653 39 S+040 05 23233 94 057A 0433 P 20021015175807200 17 15 2100390-182511 39 S+044 05 23233 94 057A 0433 P 20021015175844900 17 15 2044220-023334 39 S+047 05 16591 86 014A 0433 P 20021015180141000 17 15 2333530+060253 39 S+080 05 16591 86 014A 0433 P 20021015180152200 17 15 2336290+083711 39 S+081 05 16591 86 014A 0433 P 20021015180202400 17 15 2338450+104745 39 S+082 05 26906 01 040B 0433 P 20021015200444500 17 15 1928230-165407 39 S+035 05 Notes: (1) 76 038J seen for a few seconds before it got too faint (2) GEOSAT FO (98 007A) running approx 27 sec late on elements about 43 days old. (3) Observation of #26906 accidentally obtained- I was tracking USA136 when a bright "unknown" went through field and subsequently identified as USA 160 rocket. (4) All "Unknowns" identified as follows: 17h50m32s UT Cosmos 2084 90-055A mag 6.5 steady 17h59m17s Cosmos 967 rocket 77-116B mag 5.5 steady 18h15m25s DMSP B5B-03 73-054A mag 6.0 reg variation-not classified 18h41m35s Cosmos 1455 rocket 83-037B mag 7.5 steady 18h49m48s Cosmos 1513 83-120A mag 7.4 steady (5) Next tracking session 21-22 Oct depending on weather. Cheers Greg ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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