Observations 12 Oct 2010: ----------------------------------- Cosatrak 1 (Computerised satellite Tracking System). Used with: 25mm f/1.4 lens + Meade DSI Pro II, exposures 3 seconds. Field of view 14.6 x 10.8 degrees. These are the observations reported 80mm f/2.8 lens + MINTRON video camera, exposures ~ 2 seconds Field of view 4.3 x 3.4 degrees. The video observations have still to be processed but running short of time today. Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude 33.94058 deg S, Elevation 10 metres - situated in Pinelands (Cape Town), South Africa UNKNOWNS SEEN: ================= 00001 99 999A 0433 G 20101012175151000 56 15 0152530-210352 39 +040 05 00001 99 999A 0433 G 20101012175214000 56 15 0206300-265523 39 +040 05 00001 99 999A 0433 G 20101012175234000 56 15 0219420-315326 39 +040 05 Rough orbit for first object: Period 97.8 min, 14.72 revs/day, inclination 97.4 degrees , height 650 km RA Node 146.5 degrees, epoch 10285.70355, standard mag +3.5 00002 99 999B 0433 G 20101012184456000 56 15 1707130-522519 39 +040 05 00002 99 999B 0433 G 20101012184504000 56 15 1737080-545834 39 +045 05 00002 99 999B 0433 G 20101012184513000 56 15 1814570-572005 39 +055 05 Rough orbit for second object: 15.626 revs/day, inclination 40.16 degrees , height 383 km RA Node 017.14 degrees, epoch 10285.76101, standard mag +4.0 Could be X-37B ? STRAYS SEEN: ------------------- METEOR 2-13 16408 85 119A 0433 G 20101012175521000 56 15 0149000-313014 39 +040 05 COSMOS 1607 15378 84 112A 0433 G 20101012180058000 56 15 0155350-323749 39 +045 05 CZ-2C R/B 28222 04 012C 0433 G 20101012180306000 56 15 0144210-395829 39 +030 05 COSMOS 1140 11573 79 089A 0433 G 20101012180516000 56 15 0142500-362947 39 +065 05 COSMOS 1862 18152 87 055A 0433 G 20101012180939000 56 15 0134000-453536 39 +035 05 COSMOS 1299 12783 81 081A 0433 G 20101012181254000 56 15 0121050-453521 39 +055 05 GLOBALSTAR M019 25677 99 019B 0433 G 20101012181254000 56 15 0116220-445221 39 +065 05 COSMOS 2193 VARIABLE 21982 92 030G 0433 G 20101012181346000 56 15 0130440-411540 39 +065 05 CZ-2D R/B VARIABLE 36597 10 027B 0433 G 20101012181425000 56 15 0143390-390752 39 +025 05 SL-8 R/B VARIABLE 12328 81 022J 0433 G 20101012181508000 56 15 0122200-423444 39 +070 05 SAR LUPE 2 31797 07 030A 0433 G 20101012181657000 56 15 0100560-535302 39 +035 05 SL-8 R/B VARIABLE 36520 10 017B 0433 G 20101012182256000 56 15 0027290-563940 39 +040 05 NOAA 10 VARIABLE 16969 86 073A 0433 G 20101012182405000 56 15 0033100-563414 39 +035 05 IRIDIUM 15 24869 97 034A 0433 G 20101012182440000 56 15 2333250-633828 39 +060 05 IRIDIUM 17 VARIABLE 24870 97 034B 0433 G 20101012182741000 56 15 2249010-644314 39 +030 05 IRIDIUM 81 25468 98 051B 0433 G 20101012183349000 56 15 2133330-674332 39 +060 05 SL-14 R/B 15370 84 111B 0433 G 20101012183507000 56 15 2006580-662426 39 +040 05 DELTA 1 R/B (CEP1) 04794 70 106B 0433 G 20101012183507000 56 15 2144100-672052 39 +045 05 BREEZE M TANK 32488 08 006B 0433 G 20101012183918000 56 15 1904320-661529 39 +060 05 FENGYUN 1B VARIABLE 20788 90 081A 0433 G 20101012184049000 56 15 1818020-642235 39 +065 05 SL-14 R/B 19211 88 050B 0433 G 20101012184456000 56 15 1716410-493844 39 +050 05 NOAA 8 VARIABLE 13923 83 022A 0433 G 20101012185042000 56 15 1723110-545313 39 +040 05 COSMOS 1228 12107 80 102A 0433 G 20101012185335000 56 15 1658170-510504 39 +035 05 HELIOS 1B 25977 99 064A 0433 G 20101012185854000 56 15 1616420-404238 39 +065 05 COSMOS 677 VARIABLE 07435 74 072A 0433 G 20101012185903000 56 15 1648170-383111 39 +040 05 COSMOS 585 VARIABLE 06825 73 064A 0433 G 20101012190125000 56 15 1716080-390209 39 +040 05 SL-6 R/B(2) 20666 90 055D 0433 G 20101012191508000 56 15 1650170-335207 39 +055 05 METEIOR PRIRODA 12585 81 065A 0433 G 20101012192054000 56 15 1726550-322924 39 +045 05 DELTA 1 R/B 13778 83 004B 0433 G 20101012193152000 56 15 1715090-292708 39 +055 05 NOTES: -------- (1) Purpose of observing session was a plane scan for X37B. First good night for quite a few days - pretty frustrating! (2) Times only accurate to perhaps 0.2 seconds. The oscilloscope I use for setting my time system from GPS signal failed so had to do it audibly/manually but time believed possibly good to 0.1 second. (3) CoSaTrak failed during last minutes of the 107 minute plane scan. Steel pin in the elevation gearbox gear sheared so lost elevation drive. Cheers Greg _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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