Obs 06 Aug 2006-all

From: Greg Roberts (grr@iafrica.com)
Date: Mon Aug 07 2006 - 11:54:58 EDT

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    Observations 06 Aug 2006:
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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 96 frames
    which is equivalent to an exposure of 1.92 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
    
    For CLASSIFIED.TLE:
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    28637 05 011B   0433 T 20060806170409800 56 15 0847165-555221 39  +080 05
    28637 05 011B   0433 T 20060806170506600 56 15 0943095-445414 39  +085 05
    28637 05 011B   0433 T 20060806170529900 56 15 1000318-392809 39  +085 05
    29249 06 027A   0433 T 20060806172742100 56 15 1417227+212149 39  +080 05
    29249 06 027A   0433 T 20060806173150400 56 15 1432562+142028 39  +080 05
    29249 06 027A   0433 T 20060806173422200 56 15 1445437+081858 39  +078 05
    29249 06 027A   0433 T 20060806173807300 56 15 1514371-053031 39  +075 05
    29249 06 027A   0433 T 20060806174233900 56 15 1639518-372814 39  +050 05
    29249 06 027A   0433 T 20060806174631200 56 15 2118415-611716 39  +065 05
    29249 06 027A   0433 T 20060806174847600 56 15 2342278-541026 39  +075 05
    90016 03 766A   0433 T 20060806175056300 56 15 1520251+005959 39  +095 05
    90016 03 766A   0433 T 20060806175339000 56 15 1523266+005515 39  +095 05
    90016 03 766A   0433 T 20060806183954700 56 15 1614539-002224 39  +095 05
    
    Strays seen:
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    DMSP B5C-03
    07411 74 063A   0433 T 20060806170506600 56 15 0945368-444349 39  +081 05
    Radcat
    06212 72 076A   0433 T 20060806172759800 56 15 1415320+211916 39  +060 05
    Cosmos 1365
    13175 82 043A   0433 T 20060806173150400 56 15 1437081+144914 39  +070 05
    Mublcom
    25736 99 026B   0433 T 20060806173422200 56 15 1442485+081931 39  +087 05
    Okean O
    25860 99 039A   0433 T 20060806173440900 56 15 1445096+072343 39  +045 05
    Cosmos 1774 rkt
    16925 86 065D   0433 T 20060806175702500 56 15 1527554+003002 39  +070 05
    
    Notes:
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    (1) Terrible observing conditions- thick fast moving cloud-eventually
        had to abandon. Of course it cleared up 2 hours later!
    
    
    Cheers
    Greg
    
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