Flashing Okos & Molniyas (in orbit)

Rainer Kracht (R.Kracht@t-online.de)
Tue, 30 Jan 96 19:54 +0100

Flashing Okos & Molniyas (in orbit)


Cosmos 1518, 1983-126A, 14587
Observer: Neirinck
Time: 1988 Jul 09
Description: sharp flashes mag +4/+5 to inv.
FP: 2.24 seconds
Distance: 17000 km

Cosmos 1518, 1983-126A, 14587
Observers: Dorreman, Jonckheere, Barhorst
Time: 1991 Jul 13, Aug 06/08/09
Description: flashes mag +5
FP: 2.29 seconds
Distance: 28000 to 37000 km

Molniya 3-10, 1978-95A, 11057
Observer: Eberst
Time: 1992 Dec 04 and 05
Description: flashes mag 7
FP: 6.4 seconds
Distance: 33000 to 36000 km

Molniya 2-9, 1974-26A, 7276
Observer: Eberst
Time: 1993 Mar 06
Description: flashes mag 6.9
FP: 12 seconds
Distance: 29000 km

Molniya 3-3, 1975-105A, 8425
Observer: Laszlo
Time: 1995 Mar 05/23/25
Description: strobelike flashes mag 2/4.5
FP: 11.7 seconds
Distance: 10000 to 14000 km

Molniya 3-21, 1983-90A, 14313
Observers: Kracht, Karcher, Neirinck
Time: 1995 Jul 19/20/22/23
Description: sharp flashes mag 2/4
FP: 19.85 seconds
Distance: 11000 to 13000 km

Cosmos 903, 1977-27A, 9911
Observer: Kracht
Time: 1996 Jan 27-29
Description: flashes mag 4
FP: 34.8 seconds
Distance: 5000 km


latest elsets from NASA OIG:

Molniya 2-9
1 07276U 74026A   96025.77761791 -.00000116  00000-0  10000-3 0   790
2 07276  63.4488 317.3178 7105814 285.7323  11.6068  2.24786799 27031
Molniya 3-3
1 08425U 75105A   96029.07298306  .00000846  00000-0  44978-3 0  9362
2 08425  62.0840  36.9093 7495547 279.0049  10.6606  2.00626345148070
Cosmos 903
1 09911U 77027A   96025.16573559 +.00000340 +00000-0 +10000-3 0 00673
2 09911 067.5246 326.0624 6602341 173.9533 202.1975 02.00412678137689
Molniya 3-10
1 11057U 78095A   96025.76969035 +.00000152 +00000-0 +94370-4 0 06082
2 11057 062.4624 238.2447 7147668 273.4682 014.6328 02.34129393127809
Molniya 3-21
1 14313U 83090A   96026.09606956 -.00000549 +00000-0 +10000-4 0 05783
2 14313 064.1519 050.9566 7297982 253.7470 021.1380 02.01100980039944
Cosmos 1518
1 14587U 83126A   96029.07272402  .00000090  00000-0  10000-3 0  5376
2 14587  66.0302  18.4303 7141540 217.9635  59.6613  2.01693147 59128


Rainer Kracht   1996 Jan 30
0412188960-0001@t-online.de
R.Kracht@t-online.de
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