Re: Observations of geosat past equinox from 51 degrees north

From: Kurt Jonckheere (kjon@yucom.be)
Date: Fri Feb 14 2003 - 09:26:06 EST

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    hello,
    
    [processing some not yet reported stuff]
    
    on Jan 2 Bram Dorreman reported 2 seconds interval flashes from
    TurkSat 1C or 2A during his geosat equinox observations of October 2002.
    
    On Jan 4, I tried both TurkSats to see if one of them was still showing
    flashes.
    Around 22h UT I saw two objects in my field of view, magnitude +12.5 and
    +13.
    
    No flashes were seen, so Bram probably had a favourite geometry to see
    flashes
    during the equinox of a reflective area which is otherwise not aligned
    properly.
    
    Be prepared for the next equinox run, which starts within some weeks !
    
    regards,
    
    Kurt
    
    >Subject: Observations of geosat past equinox from 51 degrees north
    
    
    > Concerning period is after the autumn equinox in 2002 from my
    > The observations are date and time ordered.
    > The columns are:
    > - original log time (hh:mm UT)
    > - international satellite designation (yyyy-nnnc)
    > - maximum brightness estimation
    > - minimum brightness estimation
    > - name or note a) thru h)
    > - UT of observation
    > - Right Ascension of observation
    > - declination of observation
    > Last three values were input to program FINDSAT to identify.
    >
    > If you copy and paste following table with font Courier New to
    > another document, you 'll have a properly formatted list.
    >
    >      Int.design. max min    notes           UT       RA    decl
    >                  mag mag                 hh:mm:ss hh mm.mm   °
    > 2002-10-10
    >  20:39 unk       7.5 9.0 d)e)            20:38:45 00 55.55 -7.27
    >
    > d) One of 1996-040B (23949) Turksat 1C
    >           2001-002A (26666) Turksat 2A
    > e) varying 199.3 s for 100 max, stop time 20:39.5
    
    
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