Sep 21 a clear night. The next morning I could observe a full cycle of Superbird A flashes. Saturday morning there was some haze and thin clouds, but the first part of the cycle could be observed. Some faint flashes were missed. At the start 1 flash not timed. Superbird is moving to the southwest and lower to the horizon. Just a few days remain here to observe it. America has to do the follow up. 00- 39 B 00-09-21 20:00 LB almost S, 5 00- 39 C 00-09-21 19:53:22 LB 103.9 0.2 40 2.60 FF, 4->6 66- 56 B 00-09-21 20:19:23 LB 366.3 0.2 12 30.53 FF, 4->i 81- 59 A 00-09-21 19:39:09 LB 86.1 0.2 12 7.17 FF, 5->i, sm, 6 83- 21 B 00-09-21 19:13 LB slowly var, 7->i 84-109 B 00-09-21 19:02 LB almost S, 6 87- 49 B 00-09-21 20:08:29 LB 129.1 0.5 4 32.3 Irr, AA, 5->7 89- 41 A 00-09-22 03:53:07.71LB 331.7 0.2 29 11.44 FF, 3(5)->i 89- 41 A 00-09-23 03:52:15.64LB 171.7 0.2 15 11.44 Ff, 4(5)->i 89- 59 B 00-09-21 20:04 LB S, 6 94- 74 B 00-09-21 18:45 LB S, 5 95- 72 B 00-09-21 19:42 LB S, 5 98- 45 B 00-09-21 19:45 LB S, 3 99- 25 C 00-09-21 18:58 LB slowly var, 5->6 99- 39 B 00-09-21 19:35 LB almost S, 5 Superbird A obs September 22 # delta T Time UT 0 - 03:47:35.99 1 - - 2 22.61 03:47:58.60 3 - - 4 22.87 03:48:21.47 5 - - 6 22.91 03:48:44.38 7 - - 8 22.88 03:49:07.26 9 - - 10 22.93 03:49:30.19 11 - - 12 22.81 03:49:53.00 F 13 11.56 03:50:04.56 f 14 11.52 03:50:16.08 15 11.38 03:50:27.46 16 11.35 03:50:38.81 17 11.49 03:50:50.30 18 11.36 03:51:01.66 19 11.41 03:51:13.07 20 11.46 03:51:24.53 21 11.52 03:51:36.05 22 - - 23 22.89 03:51:58.94 24 - - 25 22.97 03:52:21.91 26 11.47 03:52:33.38 27 11.43 03:52:44.81 28 - - 29 22.90 03:53:07.71 Superbird A obs September 23 # delta T Time UT 0 - 03:49:23.99 1 - - 2 22.83 03:49:46.82 3 - - 4 22.93 03:50:09.75 5 - - 6 22.92 03:50:32.67 7 11.50 03:50:44.17 8 - - 9 22.28 03:51:06.45 10 12.02 03:51:18.47 11 11.50 03:51:29.97 12 - - 13 22.78 03:51:52.75 14 11.58 03:52:04.33 15 11.31 03:52:15.64 No more flashes seen due to thin clouds and haze. 883 obs in 2000 10619 obs in PPAS September 23 A clear evening and morning to observe. At 18:48 UT I spotted a flashing satellite to the south of Altair (RA=20:00 d=0) that moved towards Cygnus (RA=21:00 d=+40). Using Skymap it turned out to be Cosmos 1354 Rk, 1982- 37 B. Just after the start it was flashing with 5.5 sec; from 1990 to 1995 it slowed down from 30 to 55 seconds. The last entry in PPAS was in 1996 April, when it was reported S, 5. Has to be watched !! 00- 9 A 00-09-23 19:32 LB S, 6 00- 39 B 00-09-23 18:46 LB almost S, 7 00- 47 B 00-09-24 04:18 LB long P, 3->i Just one long flash seen 70- 25CD 00-09-24 03:11 LB almost S, 5 71- 93 A 00-09-23 18:39 LB MM, 1 flash 4->i 81- 59 A 00-09-23 19:09:54 LB 44.3 0.2 12 3.69 FF, 4->i 82- 37 B 00-09-23 18:49:20 LB 74.3 0.2 16 4.64 FF,3->i, 1 fl mag -1 Accelerated? To be watched closely. 87- 11 A 00-09-24 02:54:11 LB 69.0 0.5 10 6.9 AA, 4->5 87- 27 B 00-09-24 04:02 LB S, 4 87- 49 B 00-09-24 03:38 LB S, 4 87- 74 G 00-09-24 02:33:28 LB 81.1 1.0 2 40.6 MM, 5->7 88- 53 B 00-09-24 03:08 LB almost S, 7 88- 62 B 00-09-24 02:42:59 LB 104.3 0.5 4 26.1 AA, 4->i 88-102 A 00-09-23 19:39:43 LB 215.3 1.0 5 43.1 MM, 4->6 89- 41 A 00-09-24 03:54:22.64LB 309.1 0.2 27 11.45 Ff, 4(6)->i 89- 50 B 00-09-24 02:47 LB S, 7 92- 30 J 00-09-24 04:10:34 LB 86.1 0.2 10 8.61 AA, 4->i Is going up slowly 93- 61 A 00-09-23 19:29:44 LB 172.9 0.2 30 5.76 FF, 1->i 99- 45 B 00-09-24 03:28:21 LB 90.2 0.5 4 22.6 AA, 4->i Superbird A obs September 24. # delta T Time UT 0 0 03:49:13.53 1 - - 2 22.74 03:49:36.27 3 - - 4 22.95 03:49:59.22 5 - - 6 22.82 03:50:22.04 7 - - 8 22.93 03:50:44.97 9 - - 10 22.85 03:51:07.82 11 - - 12 22.93 03:51:30.75 13 11.53 03:51:42.28 14 11.31 03:51:53.59 15 11.49 03:52:05.08 16 11.40 03:52:16.48 17 11.54 03:52:28.02 18 11.33 03:52:39.35 19 11.53 03:52:50.88 20 11.45 03:53:02.33 21 11.35 03:53:13.68 22 11.64 03:53:25.32 23 11.23 03:53:36.55 24 - - 25 - - 26 - - 27 46.09 03:54:22.64 902 obs in 2000 10638 in PPAS September 24 Only a few obs before the clouds moved in. 81- 59 A 00-09-24 18:54:23 LB 60.5 0.5 8 7.6 Aa, 4(5)>i 93- 61 A 00-09-24 19:13:31 LB 191.1 0.2 32 5.97 FF, 3->i 94- 23 B 00-09-24 19:01 LB S, 4 95- 2 D 00-09-24 18:43:17 LB 61.3 0.2 4 15.3 AA, 4->i 96- 71 B 00-09-24 18:50:24 LB 131.9 1.0 2 66.0 MM, 4->7 99- 39 B 00-09-24 19:19:53 LB 219.5 0.5 20 10.97 AA, 3->i 908 obs in 2000 10644 obs in PPAS ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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