Observations 16 JAN 2015 ------------------------------------ Cosatrak 1 (Computerised satellite Tracking System). FLI ML8300M CCD camera with mechanical shutter + Trimble GPS Used with 135mm focal length f/2.8 TAMRON lens. Field of view 7.6 x 5.7 degrees. Images processed and measured manually. Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude -33.94058 deg, Elevation 10 metres-situated in Pinelands (Cape Town),South Africa FOR CLASSFD.TLE: ------------------------ 20344 89 061D 0433 F 20150116191820792 55 15 0329451+355157 19 20344 89 061D 0433 F 20150116191901169 55 15 0406516+403318 19 20344 89 061D 0433 F 20150116191916302 55 15 0418526+415342 19 25724 99 023A 0433 F 20150116210829860 55 15 0505143+175427 19 25724 99 023A 0433 F 20150116213637131 55 15 1131467-134506 19 25724 99 023A 0433 F 20150116213708812 55 15 1136124-134203 19 25724 99 023A 0433 F 20150116213808531 55 15 1144120-133427 19 28096 03 054B 0433 F 20150116215042788 55 15 2307025-741909 19 +040 05 28096 03 054B 0433 F 20150116215051188 55 15 2317582-753054 19 28096 03 054B 0433 F 20150116215059605 55 15 2331089-764326 19 28384 04 034A 0433 F 20150116211529084 55 15 0513351+212142 19 28384 04 034A 0433 F 20150116211754346 55 15 0523463+240501 19 28384 04 034A 0433 F 20150116212039492 55 15 0533425+264328 19 28385 04 034B 0433 F 20150116205800926 55 15 0628395+150506 19 28385 04 034B 0433 F 20150116205850590 55 15 0631108+134858 19 28385 04 034B 0433 F 20150116210407349 55 15 0646523+060143 19 28888 05 042A 0433 F 20150116184708767 55 15 0753556-155627 19 28888 05 042A 0433 F 20150116184710799 55 15 0750356-144647 19 28888 05 042A 0433 F 20150116184712835 55 15 0747172-133625 19 28888 05 042A 0433 F 20150116184714842 55 15 0744074-122814 19 28888 05 042A 0433 F 20150116184716908 55 15 0740595-111548 19 36105 09 066B 0433 F 20150116200427717 55 15 2218190-811847 19 36105 09 066B 0433 F 20150116200431747 55 15 2248541-804904 19 36105 09 066B 0433 F 20150116200432794 55 15 2256241-804005 19 37229 10 062H 0433 F 20150116201601044 55 15 0159360-003100 19 37229 10 062H 0433 F 20150116201720783 55 15 0157010-170850 19 37229 10 062H 0433 F 20150116201806237 55 15 0153246-281800 19 37229 10 062H 0433 F 20150116201856804 55 15 0146104-412830 19 37386 11 014A 0433 F 20150116200322816 55 15 2201024-735612 19 37386 11 014A 0433 F 20150116200334987 55 15 2219507-751410 19 37386 11 014A 0433 F 20150116200347127 55 15 2243405-762837 19 37391 11 014B 0433 F 20150116200322816 55 15 2213134-741753 19 37391 11 014B 0433 F 20150116200334987 55 15 2234158-753226 19 37391 11 014B 0433 F 20150116200347127 55 15 2300314-764119 19 39462 13 072A 0433 F 20150116204855682 55 15 1359548-554436 19 39462 13 072A 0433 F 20150116205105873 55 15 1350143-713305 19 39462 13 072A 0433 F 20150116205341532 55 15 0143046-755817 19 STRAYS SEEN : ----------------- 07291 74 029A 0433 F 20150116214918511 55 15 2239491-733731 19 +065 05 13618 82 102B 0433 F 20150116184623462 55 15 0741102-134134 19 +044 05 20624 90 046A 0433 F 20150116215924852 55 15 2331112-763006 19 +050 05 25623 99 004C 0433 F 20150116215227953 55 15 2304206-745903 19 25677 99 019B 0433 F 20150116212908021 55 15 0048483-415224 19 25944 99 058B 0433 F 20150116194909924 55 15 0107148-571432 19 +065 05 39011 12 066A 0433 F 20150116185549753 55 15 0314579+164443 19 39012 12 066B 0433 F 20150116185549753 55 15 0307267+192257 19 UNKNOWN 1 - Bright, steady ----------------------------------------------- 99999 99 999A 0433 F 20150116201348698 55 15 0153430+093405 19 S+065 05 99999 99 999A 0433 F 20150116201404898 55 15 0156304+063730 19 S+065 05 99999 99 999A 0433 F 20150116201413941 55 15 0157582+050522 19 S+065 05 99999 99 999A 0433 F 20150116201434134 55 15 0201323+005156 19 S+065 05 99999 99 999A 0433 F 20150116201444230 55 15 0203232-011840 19 S+060 05 99999 99 999A 0433 F 20150116201454312 55 15 0205117-033623 19 S+060 05 UNKNOWN 2 - Variable magnitude +7.5 to about +8.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 99999 99 999B 0433 F 20150116201736981 55 15 0143126-290422 19 S 99999 99 999B 0433 F 20150116201740981 55 15 0144207-280326 19 S 99999 99 999B 0433 F 20150116201742022 55 15 0146576-254900 19 S 99999 99 999B 0433 F 20150116201746022 55 15 0148089-244905 19 S NOTES: -------- (1) After a week of heavy cirrus cleared for a few hours so managed to observe a few satellites dodging clouds. Measuring almost complete but got myself messed up and wasted a lot of time and now mentally exhausted. I seem to have found two unknowns which do not appear in my current database. (2) The first one caused the problem as I was waiting for STPsat #37229. I initially mistook UNKNOWN 1 for STPsat but soon found that there was something wrong as the time residuals were not constant so obviously a satellite with an almost similar track angle but a different orbital period. Eventually sorted things out as I also had observed STPsat in several images and it was running close to the predicted time ( within in a second or so ), so eventually identified what belonged where. I can find no match for this unknown so either I missed something, or its not in my database which was updated on the 15th January. A bright unknown at magnitude +06 is rather unusual. (3) The second one also has no match to anything. Many thanks Kevin for your attempt to identify. Let see if anyone can come up with the same or better. Cheers Greg _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Sun Jan 18 2015 - 04:37:37 UTC
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