Standard magnitudes for Meteor 1 satellites
Rainer Kracht (R.Kracht@t-online.de)
Wed, 3 Jan 96 23:11 +0100
Standard magnitudes for Meteor 1 satellites
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From Russell's observations (1980 Jan 01 to 1995 Nov 30) I have derived
standard magnitudes (1000 km, 90 deg) for 6 Meteor-Cosmos and 31 Meteor 1
satellites.
Meteor-Cosmos (all decayed)
COSMOS 122 1966-057A 56 5.77 +/- 0.15 0.0220 +/- 0.0053
COSMOS 144 1967-018A 24 5.60 +/- 0.38 0.0415 +/- 0.0118
COSMOS 156 1967-039A 53 5.68 +/- 0.17 0.0174 +/- 0.0054
COSMOS 184 1967-102A 28 5.76 +/- 0.22 0.0212 +/- 0.0067
COSMOS 206 1968-019A 51 5.37 +/- 0.12 0.0137 +/- 0.0037
COSMOS 226 1968-049A 21 6.17 +/- 0.22 0.0057 +/- 0.0088
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ALL METEOR-COSMOS 233 5.66 +/- 0.08 0.0213 +/- 0.0025
The RAE-Tables have for the Meteor-Cosmos:
Shape and weight (kg): Cylinder + 2 vanes, 2000?
Size (m) : 5 long?, 1.5 dia?
The "dtv-Lexikon der Raumfahrt und Raketentechnik" (M|nchen 1972)
has for Cosmos 144:
Shape : Cylinder + 2 solar panels + antenna
Size (m) : 4 long, 1.2 dia
Meteor 1 (03, 08, 09, 28, 30 decayed)
METEOR 1-01 1969-029A 19 5.16 +/- 0.40 0.0167 +/- 0.0109
METEOR 1-02 1969-084A 44 4.86 +/- 0.27 0.0072 +/- 0.0078
METEOR 1-03 1970-019A 35 5.84 +/- 0.24 0.0261 +/- 0.0079
METEOR 1-04 1970-037A 50 4.97 +/- 0.21 -0.0006 +/- 0.0077
METEOR 1-05 1970-047A 8 4.12 +/- 0.34 0.0028 +/- 0.0099
METEOR 1-06 1970-085A 63 5.65 +/- 0.15 0.0169 +/- 0.0043
METEOR 1-07 1971-003A 41 5.07 +/- 0.13 0.0169 +/- 0.0040
METEOR 1-08 1971-031A 12 4.83 +/- 0.37 -0.0040 +/- 0.0121
METEOR 1-09 1971-059A 32 5.83 +/- 0.21 0.0172 +/- 0.0071
METEOR 1-10 1971-120A 11 5.83 +/- 0.07 0.0095 +/- 0.0039
METEOR 1-11 1972-022A 4 5.20 +/- 0.10 0.0293 +/- 0.0038
METEOR 1-12 1972-049A 0
METEOR 1-13 1972-085A 8 4.93 +/- 0.29 0.0043 +/- 0.0062
METEOR 1-14 1973-015A 2 5.07 0.0260
METEOR 1-15 1973-034A 2 7.16 0.0000
METEOR 1-16 1974-011A 2 4.38 0.0000
METEOR 1-17 1974-025A 8 6.38 +/- 0.37 0.0170 +/- 0.0111
METEOR 1-18 1974-052A 3 4.32 +/- 0.28 -0.0025 +/- 0.0062
METEOR 1-19 1974-083A 6 4.65 +/- 0.50 0.0129 +/- 0.0123
METEOR 1-20 1974-099A 2 5.44 -0.0045
METEOR 1-21 1975-023A 0
METEOR 1-22 1975-087A 14 5.76 +/- 0.25 0.0017 +/- 0.0098
METEOR 1-23 1975-124A 16 7.50 +/- 0.40 0.0625 +/- 0.0103
METEOR 1-24 1976-032A 6 5.40 +/- 0.55 0.0168 +/- 0.0181
METEOR 1-25 1976-043A 14 6.47 +/- 0.32 0.0143 +/- 0.0096
METEOR 1-26 1976-102A 7 5.35 +/- 0.30 0.0272 +/- 0.0120
METEOR 1-27 1977-024A 4 5.49 +/- 0.14 0.0382 +/- 0.0058
METEOR 1-28 1977-057A 346 6.21 +/- 0.06 0.0158 +/- 0.0019
METEOR 1-29 1979-005A 16 5.72 +/- 0.28 0.0297 +/- 0.0094
METEOR 1-30 1980-051A 32 5.41 +/- 0.17 0.0218 +/- 0.0051
METEOR 1-31 1981-065A 30 5.81 +/- 0.28 0.0150 +/- 0.0074
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ALL METEOR 1 837 5.81 +/- 0.04 0.0179 +/- 0.0014
The RAE-Tables have for the Meteor 1 satellites:
Shape and weight (kg): Cylinder + 2 vanes, 2200?
Size (m) : 5 long?, 1.5 dia?
column 1 : name
column 2 : international designation
column 3 : number of observations
column 4 : standard magnitude
column 5 : phase coefficient
Rainer Kracht 1996 Jan 03
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