RE: Video of secret satellites: X-37B, USA186 (Keyhole), Lacrosse3

From: Paul Grace (paulgrace@lookoutranch.com)
Date: Thu Jun 16 2011 - 05:06:50 UTC

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    From: seesat-l-bounces+paulgrace=lookoutranch.com@satobs.org
    [mailto:seesat-l-bounces+paulgrace=lookoutranch.com@satobs.org] On Behalf Of
    Thierry Legault
    Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 15:39
    To: SeeSat-L@satobs.org
    Subject: Video of secret satellites: X-37B, USA186 (Keyhole), Lacrosse3
    
    hello
    
    here is a page with detailed videos of passes over France of X-37B, 
    USA-186 (Keyhole 13) and Lacrosse-3:
    
    http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/spy_satellites.html
    
    Main structures of Lacrosse-3 and USA-186 are recognizable according 
    to reference images, for X-37B it's more difficult to understand the 
    orientation of the ship, considering its complex shape: any help is welcome!
    There is a dot that looks separated from the main body: is it the 
    solar panel or an equipment extracted from the payload bay?
    
    Three flares for four videos, it seems that flares are very common 
    (or I have been specially lucky!  :-))
    
    Additional data (locations and times) are available here: 
    http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/spy_satellites_data.html
    Raw files are also available on request: as for STS-134, volume is 
    huge. Processing is similar to STS-134, with combination of 20 
    consecutive raw frames for each frame of the final video (no 
    selection) and unsharp mask. Exposure time is 2 ms for all passages, 
    camera is Skynyx L2-2, telescope is Meade ACF 10" (FL 5500mm). Scale 
    (1 arcsec) is indicated on the images.
    
    regards
    
    
    
    Thierry Legault
    www.astrophoto.fr
    
    
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