Optical 03 Sept 2007

From: Greg Roberts (grr@telkomsa.net)
Date: Tue Sep 04 2007 - 10:05:49 EDT

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    Observations 03 Sept 2007:
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    Cosatrak 1 (Computerised satellite Tracking System).
    MINTRON low light level CCD surveillance camera (0.005 lux typical
    in non integration mode) and 0.00005 lux in STARLIGHT mode with 128
    frame integration.
    
    Used with 145mm focal length f/2.5 lens,integrating for 128 frames
    which is equivalent to an exposure of 2.56 seconds per image.
    
    Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude  33.94058 deg S,
    Elevation 10 metres - situated in Pinelands (Cape Town), South Africa
    
    Correction:
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    Unknown 91119 reported yesterday is in fact 90035 so 91119 is "decayed"
    Herewith correct data:
    
    90035 05 625A   0433 F 20070902194114800 56 15 2247595+051142 39  +075 05
    90035 05 625A   0433 F 20070902194132100 56 15 2248170+051136 39  +075 05
    90035 05 625A   0433 F 20070902194333000 56 15 2250184+051136 39  +075 05
    90035 05 625A   0433 F 20070902194447900 56 15 2251439+051140 39  +075 05
    90035 05 625A   0433 F 20070902194600600 56 15 2252510+051131 39  +080 05
    90035 05 625A   0433 F 20070902194653800 56 15 2253400+051125 39  +085 05
    
    For Classified.Tle:
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    90035 05 625A   0433 G 20070903193959400 56 15 2250444+051114 39  +085 05
    27168 02 001A   0433 G 20070903204014100 56 15 2136465+035534 39  +084 05
    90033 05 558A   0433 G 20070903204729200 56 15 2003219+021653 39  +110 05
    90034 05 592A   0433 G 20070903205220700 56 15 2146517-001912 39  +113 05
    90042 05 828A   0433 G 20070903210049200 56 15 2357440+012618 39  +110 05
    90043 05 835A   0433 G 20070903210708400 56 15 1901468+032439 39  +096 05
    90053 05 551A   0433 G 20070903210838800 56 15 1921061-013423 39  +105 05
    
    Strays seen:
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    SL-3 rocket steady
    11166 78 121B   0433 G 20070903170818900 56 15 2021309+050616 39  +045 05
    SL-8 rocket steady
    15056 84 062B   0433 G 20070903170950400 56 15 2018165+052313 39  +045 05
    Globalsat M063 slight variability
    26081 00 008A   0433 G 20070903171315000 56 15 2026081+055005 39  +050 05
    Atlas Centaur 2 variable - bright!- nice
    00701 63 047G   0433 G 20070903171704900 56 15 2030299+050623 39  +045 05
    Atlas Centaur 2 variable - nice
    06779 71 116B   0433 G 20070903172020100 56 15 2034335+051322 39  +045 05
    Iridium 72  steady and bright
    25343 98 032B   0433 G 20070903174329600 56 15 2053441+050625 39  +040 05
    SL-16 rocket steady
    20625 90 046B   0433 G 20070903175728700 56 15 2109085+051053 39  +050 05
    Intelsat 904 geostationary next to #90035
    27380 02 007A   0433 G 20070903193959400 56 15 2250520+051316 39  +075 05
    Ariane 42L rocket range 20570kms, steady
    22032 92 041C   0433 G 20070903190516100 56 15 2213426+054306 39  +090 05
    Ariane 5 rocket range 31874 kms ,steady
    29646 06 054D   0433 G 20070903204047100 56 15 2139120+040952 39  +095 05
    Meteosat 7 geostationary
    24932 97 049B   0433 G 20070903210010300 56 15 0000057+012241 39  +105 05
    
    Shadow entry/exit times:
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     Intelsat 904    02007A 27380 shadow entry 19:43:23 UT, exit 20:16:19 UT
     90035           05625A 90035 shadow entry 19:43:28 UT, exit 20:16:25 UT
    
    
    
    Cheers
    Greg
    
    
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