NROL-36 objects: Rocket found, NOSS-payloads not found

From: Bram Dorreman (bram.dorreman@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Sep 14 2012 - 06:07:30 UTC

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    16624 86 014E   4160 E 20120914033959360 27 15 0727062+081237 99 S+032 05
    
    Excellent sky to search for NROL-36-objects (at least the Centaur rocket)
    With great uncertainty however as results show strange residuals
    presumably the 1st starpair I used is wrong
    The second pair of stars are beta and eta CMi. The intersection parts
    may be wrong, but not the stars.
    I used 12048B as international designator. pseudo catnr by Ted is used.
    
    79602 12 048B   4160 G 20120914035340030 27 15 0712195+052020 99 R+028 05
    79602 12 048B   4160 G 20120914035354080 27 15 0727409+072851 99 R+058 05
    
    Object was nicely variable.
    I saw maxima at following times, some with estimated magnitudes
    03:51:13 +3.2
    03:51:46 +2.8
    03:52:13
    03:52:59
    03:54:51 +0.8 flash!
    May be a rotation once in about 1 minute?
    
    Waited for the NOSS-es from 04:18 till 04:22
    as prediction was 04:20:00 at gam Ori.
    Did not see these objects.
    Background sky was already becoming brighter
    Some minutes later clouds came in.
    
    For IOD-format see: http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html
    
    Bram Dorreman using 7x50 binoculars
    Site 4160: 51.27931 N, 5.47683 E, 35 m (WGS84)
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