Observing Program of the BWGS
Kurt Jonckheere (kjon@mail.dma.be)
Thu, 18 Mar 99 19:26:37 PST
Observing Program of the BWGS
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The Belgian Working Group Satellites has been active in collecting flash
period measurements since 1987. Our priority list contains over 370
satellites.
New in the E-mail archive :
- Updated overview of BWGS program containing
all flashing satellites: PROGRAM.ROB
- recent observations : PPAS8-01.OBS
Send a message with Subject: archive get program/program.*
to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org to get the BWGS program
Send a message with Subject: archive get program/satmar99.txt
to the same address, to get accompanying notes by Kurt Jonckheere (Satorama).
Send a message with Subject: archive get ppas8/ppas8-01.obs
to the same address for the First update to PPAS 8, containing all
new PPAS-observations.
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SATMAR99.TXT (about PPAS8-01.OBS PPAS update)
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Our observing programme can be found in the Program.rob file.
It is subdivided in categories, the codes of which can be found below.
b flashing object for beginners
d difficult to measure
S steady object, potentially flashing in the future
? flash period is unknown or uncertain
- long flash period (>40 s)
! top-priority object
regular object
x DRA object
g geostationary object
h highly eccentric orbit (GTO and others)
569 observations received from 22 observers :
BH Brian Hunter Kingston, Ontario Canada
DD Daniel Deak St Bonaventura, Quebec Canada
EC Ed Cannon Austin, Texas USA
GC Geoff Chester Washington DC USA
IPO Ian Porter Australia
JDG Don Gardner USA
JEV Jim Varney Sacramento, California USA
JHR Jay H. Respler Freehold, New Jersey USA
JN Jim Nix Memphis, TN USA
JPH Jason Hatton Strasbourg France
KJ Kurt Jonckheere Gent Belgium
LB Leo Barhorst Ede + Alkmaar The Netherlands
MJ Michel Jacquesson Sevigny-Waleppe France
PDV Patrick De Vreese Moen Belgium
RE Russell Eberst, Edinburgh, Scotland
RF Robert Fenske Jr San Antonio, Texas USA
RGL Ron Lee Falcon USA
RIK Richard Keen Coal Creek USA
RM Rob Matson Belmont Shore, CA USA
RO Jean-Pierre Rohart Wormhout France
ROD Ron Dantowitz USA
TC Tristan Cools Brugge Belgium
Special remarks :
Top-priority objects :
67- 45 B ! 2802/Kosmos 158 rocket,NEW flashing according to Rohart
70- 85 A ! 4583/Meteor1-6, started flashing acc to Chris Wyatt
74- 1 B ! 07094/ C 628 rocket, MMjump in June 98, to be checked
78- 16 C ! 12908, flashing period going down slowly !
78-109 J ! 11136/C1 Kosmos 1051-1058: probably accelerated !
85- 79 B ! 16012/C1 Kosmos 1680, accelerating ?
86-100 B ! 17240/C1 K1808, accelerating according to Leo Barhorst !?
87- 18 A ! 17527/MOS 1; flashing, period going down !?!
91- 19 B ! 21153/C1 Nadezhda 3: has accelerated ! + MMJump
93- 20 B ! 22591/C1 Kosmos 2239, accelerated according to Leo Barhorst
94- 24 B ! 23093/C1 Kosmos 2279, has accelerated !!
94- 35 B ! 23133/ Centaur AC76, accelerating !
94- 56 A ! 23230/Kiku 6 = ETS 6, still accelerating !
96- 15 B ! 23817/Ariane 44P R/B, GTO, accelerated ?
NEW objects:
67- 45 B ! 2802/Kosmos 158 rocket,NEW flashing according to Rohart
88- 32 A b 19045/Kosmos 1939/Resurs NEW flashing according to J-P Rohart
93- 77 A g 22927/Telstar 401, NEW geostationary flasher, some flashes to +2
95- 3 B h 23468/Centaur NEW
98- 71 A 25560/Swas NEW flashing
98- 71 B 25561/Pegasus rocket NEW flashing
98- 72 B 25568/Astrid 2 NEW flashing
98- 72 C b 25569/C1 rocket NEW flashing
98- 76 B NEW flashing
99- 4 E NEW flashing
99- 11 A NEW WIRE was flashing after launch
Next deadline for sending in observations: April 30, 1999
to Kurt Jonckheere, Noendries 15, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
or by e-mail to ppas@lists.satellite.eu.org
All observations are appreciated very much.
If you send your observations to Seesat-L, please also send them
DIRECTLY to ppas@lists.satellite.eu.org. This is just a
small amount of additional work for you, but it makes life much easier
for me.
Happy observing,
Kurt Jonckheere (kjon@mail.dma.be)
Observations collector of the Belgian Working Group Satellites