Observing Program of the BWGS
Kurt Jonckheere (kjon@mail.dma.be)
Tue, 31 Aug 99 20:32:08 PDT
Observing Program of the BWGS
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The Belgian Working Group Satellites has been active in collecting flash
period measurements since 1987. Our priority list contains over 370
satellites.
You can find the latest overview of all flashing satellites starting
from the BWGS-page at the VSOHP :
http://users.skynet.be/satimage/bwgs/bwgs.htm
or go directly to the observing program overview (list with all
NORAD and COSPAR ids of flashing sats) at
http://www2.satellite.eu.org/sat/program.rob
all latest observations from our database PPAS can be found at :
http://www2.satellite.eu.org/sat/program.ro
New in the E-mail archive :
- Updated overview of BWGS program containing
all flashing satellites: PROGRAM.ROB
- recent observations : PPAS8-02.OBS
[Watch out, this file is 140 Kb big !!]
Send a message with Subject: archive get program/program.*
to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org to get the BWGS program
Send a message with Subject: archive get program/sataug99.txt
to the same address, to get accompanying notes by Kurt Jonckheere (Satorama).
Send a message with Subject: archive get ppas8/ppas8-02.obs
to the same address for the last update to PPAS 8, containing all
new PPAS-observations.
Send a message with Subject: archive get ppas8/ppas8-01.obs
to the same address for the First update to PPAS 8
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SATORAMA (sataug99.txt for PPAS8-02.obs)
Our observing programme can be found in the Program.rob file.
It is subdivided in categories, the codes of which can be found below.
b flashing object for beginners
d difficult to measure
S steady object, potentially flashing in the future
? flash period is unknown or uncertain
- long flash period (>40 s)
! top-priority object
regular object
g geostationary object
h highly eccentric orbit (GTO and others)
2160(!) observations received from 26 (!) observers :
AB Tony Beresford Adelaide Australia
BD Bram Dorreman Achel Belgium
BJG Bjoern Gimle Junibacken Sweden
DS Doug Smith
EC Ed Cannon Austin, Texas USA
GM Gunter Monz Peterberg Germany
JDG Don Gardner USA
JHR Jay H. Respler Freehold, New Jersey USA
JN Jim Nix Memphis, TN USA
JPH Jason Hatton Strasbourg France
KD Kurt Dequick Bredene Belgium
KJ Kurt Jonckheere Gent Belgium
LB Leo Barhorst Ede + Alkmaar The Netherlands
LS Lutz Schindler Germany
MJ Michel Jacquesson Sevigny-Waleppe France
MM Mike McCants Austin, Texas USA
MR Mike Rosseel Oostende Belgium
PDV Patrick De Vreese Moen Belgium
PM Paul Maley Houston, Texas USA
RE Russell Eberst, Edinburgh, Scotland
RGL Ron Lee Falcon USA
RKR Rainer Kresken
RM Rob Matson Belmont Shore, CA USA
RO Jean-Pierre Rohart Wormhout France
SW Sue Worden USA
TC Tristan Cools Brugge Belgium
Special remarks :
Top-priority objects :
66- 77 A ! 2403/Midas 8-Atlas Agena D : flashing according to Leo
78- 16 C ! 12908, flashing period going down slowly !
87- 18 A ! 17527/MOS 1; flashing, period going down !!
91- 81 B ! 21797/C1, low period again ?
93- 16 B ! 22566/Zenit NEW, flashing again according to Jean-Pierre Rohart
94- 35 B ! 23133/ Centaur AC76, accelerating !
94- 56 A ! 23230/Kiku 6 = ETS 6, Still Accelerating !
94- 68 A ! 23323/IRS P2,NEW, started flashing, period going down !?
96- 15 B ! 23817/Ariane 44P R/B, GTO, accelerated ?
NEW objects:
67- 10 B 2671/Diamant R/B, NEW flashing according to Jean-Pierre Rohart
76-126 A 9634/Kosmos 886, NEW flashing according to JEan-Pierre Rohart
80- 69 B 11933/SL-3 R/B NEW, flashing according to Rohart
84-106 F 15338/SL-12 R/B (AUX MOTOR) NEW, flashing according to Rohart
87-109 E h 18719/SL-12 R/B (AUX MOTOR), NEW, discovered by Ed Cannon
88- 81 C h 19485/Ariane 3 R/B NEW, discovered by Mike McCants
88- 98 A g 19621/TDF-1, NEW sometimes +2, geosat !
90- 30 B h 20559/CZ-3 R/B NEW,
90- 45 F h 20630/SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) NEW flashing acc to MM
91- 14 A g 21132/Raduga 27 NEW
91- 60 A g 21668/BS-3B (YURI 3B) NEW
91- 74 A g 21759/Gorizont 24, NEW, by Rob Matson
92- 32 B h 21990/Atlas Centaur 2A, NEW, by Jason Hatton
93- 16 B ! 22566/Zenit NEW, flashing again according to Jean-Pierre Rohart
94- 68 A ! 23323/IRS P2,NEW, started flashing, period going down !?
97- 12 B 24756/debris? NEW
97- 26 D 24815/fourth stage Proton,NEW, flashing according to McCants
98- 76 B b 25592/C1 NEW flashing
99- 4 E 25625/SL-4 R/B (1) Ikar ? NEW flashing
99- 10 D h 25645/SL-12,Raduga rocket/NEW, discovered by Jay Respler, faint
99- 12 E b 25653/ NEW, Soyuz third Stage Ikar, nice !
99- 19 E b 25680/ NEW, Soyuz third Stage (Ikar) nice flasher
99- 22 C b 25723, NEW, Abraxis rocket
99- 23 B 25725/ Centaur, classified ? NEW, discovered by Jason Hatton
99- 25 C b 25732, NEW Fengyun C1 rocket, flashing
99- 26 D 25738/Pegasus R/B NEW
99- 39 B b 25861/ NEW, Okean-O Zenit 2, bright, fast flashing !
99- 45 B NEW, flashing according to Russell Eberst
Next deadline for sending in observations: November 30, 1999
to Kurt Jonckheere, Noendries 15, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
or by e-mail to ppas@lists.satellite.eu.org
All observations are appreciated very much.
If you send your observations to Seesat-L, please also send them
DIRECTLY to ppas@lists.satellite.eu.org. This is just a
small amount of additional work for you, but it makes life much easier
for me.
Happy observing,
Kurt Jonckheere (kjon@mail.dma.be)
Observations collector of the Belgian Working Group Satellites