Morning all
Basically a repost of the shadow entry observations of
geostationary satellites made on 5th Sept 2008 but this
time includes RA and Dec of shadow entry point.
Cheers
Greg
Observations 05 Sept 2008
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Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude 33.94058 deg S,
Elevation 10 metres-situated in Pinelands (Cape Town),South Africa
Shadow entry observations
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all times UT(HH.MM.SS), common name, Cospar designation, catalog number
RA (J2000) Dec
hh:mm:ss.s +dd:mm:ss
17:54:41 INTELSAT 709 96035A 23915 video too poor
18:03:42 INSAT 4A 05049A 28911 Note 1 video too poor
18:17:04 EXPRESS AM2 05010A 28629 23:03:57.4 +05:03:09
18:23:36 THAICOM 2 94065B 23314 Note 2 23:04:22.8 +05:04:03
THAICOM 5 06020B 29163 Note 2
18:29:30 CTDRS 08019A 32779 23:03:39.2 +05:13:30
18:36:29 ABS 1 99053A 25924 23:02:27.4 +05:06:30
18:39:41 INSAT 3C 02002A 27298 Note 3 23:01:40.8 +05:09:34
18:40:04 INSAT 4CR 07037A 32050 Note 3 23:02:07.8 +05:07:28
18:40:49 GSAT 3 04036A 28417 Note 3 23:02:27.9 +05:04:43
18:41:11 KALPANA 1 02043A 27525 Note 3 23:03:05.1 +05:05:44
18:49:23 INTELSAT 4 95040A 23636 23:02:14.1 +05:07:00
18:52:13 UFO-F11 03057A 28117 Note 4 23:01:41.1 +05:12:32
18:54:42 EUTELSAT W5 02051A 27554 23:01:19.9 +05:09:04
18:56:49 RADUGA 1M 07058A 32373 23:01:16.3 +05:07:11
19:02:12 INTELSAT 7 98052A 25473 23:00:51.2 +05:09:25
19:02:33 INTELSAT 10 01019A 26766 23:00:27.5 +05:09:19
19:12:48 INTELSAT 704 95001A 23461 23:00:01.8 +05:10:19
19:19:58 INMARSAT 3F 96020A 23839 23:00:37.2 +05:17:45
19:19:58 INTELSAT 906 02041A 27513 22:59:16.2 +05:11:56
19:30:00 INTELSAT 902 01039A 26900 23:00:14.7 +05:12:40
19:37:13 INTELSAT 904 02007A 27380 22:58:25.2 +05:12:08
19:37:35 DSCS3-13 03008A 27691 Note 4 22:57:47.5 +05:09:56
19:49:10 NSS703 94064A 23305 22:56:53.4 +05:16:22
19:52:30 BONUM 1 98068A 25546 22:55:51.6 +05:12:36
19:56:45 INSAT 3E 03043E 27951 22:56:11.2 +05:19:01
19:59:14 INTELSAT 702 94034A 23124 22:57:58.2 +05:16:50
20:06:05 SKYNET 5B 07056B 32294 22:55:29.2 +05:16:55
20:06:48 EXPRESS AM22 03060A 28134 22:57:35.0 +05:18:17
20:16:30 INTELSAT 906 95023A 23571 22:54:44.2 +05:18:41
20:22:32 YAMAL 202 03053A 28089 22:55:06.2 +05:21:47
20:24:18 GSAT 2 03018A 27807 22:52:58.1 +05:22:05
20:30:23 SYRACUSE 3A 05041B 28885 22:54:13.7 +05:20:50
20:38:22 INTELSAT 12 00068A 26590 22:53:19.0 +05:23:10
20:41:43 THURAYA 2 03026A 27825 22:52:17.7 +05:40:02
20:47:14 NIGCOMSAT 1 07018A 31395 22:51:00.8 +05:22:16
20:48:53 TURKSAT 2A 01002A 26666 22:50:34.0 +05:25:13
20:49:22 TURKSAT 3A 08030B 33056 22:50:26.9 +05:20:19
20:58:37 EXPRESS AM1 04043A 28463 22:50:48.3 +05:22:08
21:00:45 HELLAS-SAT1 03020A 27811 22:48:53.7 +05:25:16
21:12:11 EUTELSAT W4 00028A 26369 22:47:11.6 +05:22:08
21:12:32 SESAT 00019A 26243 22:46:39.8 +05:20:36
21:24:09 EBIRD 03043A 27948 22:45:26.7 +05:23:49
21:24:12 INTELSAT 802 97031A 24846 22:44:48.2 +05:23:40
21:30:26 TURKSAT 1C 96040B 23949 22:44:11.6 +04:55:01
21:30:47 SIRIUS 2 97071A 25049 22:44:33.8 +05:25:49
21:35:03 ARABSAT 2B 96063A 24652 22:44:08.2 +05:25:03
21:40:03 XTAR-EUR 05005A 28542 22:42:31.1 +05:28:22
21:42:32 EUROBIRD 01011A 26719 22:42:43.4 +05:25:12
21:43:36 ASTRA GROUPING Note 5 22:42:21.6 +05:23:41
21:43:57 ASTRA GROUPING Note 5 22:42:49.4 +05:29:36
21:44:18 ASTRA GROUPING Note 5 22:42:59.6 +05:27:36
21:51:39 INTELSAT 5 97046A 24916 22:41:22.7 +05:27:27
21:52:43 ARABSAT 4B 06051A 29526 Note 6 22:41:37.1 +05:27:35
21:52:43 ARABSAT 3A 99009A 25638 Note 6 22:41:19.3 +05:22:40
21:52:43 BADR 6 08034B 24916 Note 6 22:40:50.7 +05:26:29
21:54:08 HOTBIRD 5 98057A 25495 22:40:41.9 +05:23:49
21:56:58 INMARSAT-3F5 98006B 25153 22:40:49.1 +05:18:52
22:02:39 ASTRA 1E 95055A 23686 22:40:09.9 +05:31:15
22:02:39 ASTRA 3A 02015B 27400 22:40:04.5 +05:28:03
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NOTES:
1 : SPACETRACK has 3 satellites here, only one seen
2 : SPACETRACK has 2 satellites here, only one seen
3 : SPACETRACK has 4 satellites here but unable to determine
which is which of the 4 seen.
4 : From CLASSIFIED.TLE
5 : Bit difficult to decide which is which as SPACETRACK
predicted positions do not match very well. The satellites
are:
98050A 25462
00054A 26494
00081A 26638
01025A 26853
6 : Close grouping so not 100% sure which is which from
SPACETRACK predictions.
7 : First two satellites done with MINTRON video camera but then
switched over to using the DSI Pro 2 camera which gave much
better images and fainter penetration. The limiting star
background was about magnitude 12 to 13 andthe times given are
when the satellite could last positively be seen at around
magnitude 12 as it faded into shadow entry. Times should be
accurate to within about 10 seconds,
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