Optical 26 March 2008

From: Greg Roberts (grr@telkomsa.net)
Date: Thu Mar 27 2008 - 14:41:58 UTC

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    Observations 26 Mar 2008:
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    Cosatrak 1 (Computerised satellite Tracking System).
    MINTRON low light level CCD surveillance camera (0.005 lux typical
    in non integration mode) and 0.00005 lux in STARLIGHT mode with 128
    frame integration.
    
    Used with 200mm focal length f/2.8 lens,integrating for 128 frames
    which is equivalent to a max exposure of 2.56 seconds per image.
    
    Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude  33.94058 deg S,
    Elevation 10 metres - situated in Pinelands (Cape Town), South Africa
    
    
    For CLASSIFIED.TLE:
    ========================
    VORTEX B   was  #90055 previously
    11558 79 086A   0433 G 20080326175053100 56 15 0811440+110937 39  +095 05
    11558 79 086A   0433 G 20080326175500800 56 15 0815420+110820 39  +095 05
    UFO F2     was  #90034 previously
    22787 93 056A   0433 G 20080326200521200 56 15 1023530+112830 39  +110 05
    22787 93 056A   0433 G 20080326200916800 56 15 1027500+112644 39  +110 05
    AKA  #96023  and UI023
    90051 05 605A   0433 G 20080326180824600 56 15 0630060+120509 39  +105 05
    90051 05 605A   0433 G 20080326181243400 56 15 0633410+120236 39  +105 05
    DSP F3  AKA as  #96043 and UI043
    05851 72 010A   0433 G 20080326181925900 56 15 1209250+002237 39  +130 05
    05851 72 010A   0433 G 20080326182357100 56 15 1213550+000923 39  +130 05
    05851 72 010A   0433 G 20080326182337400 56 15 1213300+001023 39  +130 05
    UFO F11   was  #90038 and AKA as 96117 and UI117
    28117 03 057A   0433 G 20080326182943600 56 15 1156580+041507 39  +095 05
    28117 03 057A   0433 G 20080326183445000 56 15 1202010+041218 39  +095 05
    28117 03 057A   0433 G 20080326201231500 56 15 1339590+032130 39  +090 05
    AKA as UI027
    96027 96 527A   0433 G 20080326184730600 56 15 0933230+133052 39  +110 05
    96027 96 527A   0433 G 20080326185250600 56 15 0938450+132207 39  +110 05
    AKA as UI058
    96058 96 558A   0433 G 20080326185432300 56 15 0925260+184453 39  +095 05
    96058 96 558A   0433 G 20080326185658900 56 15 0927400+183647 39  +095 05
    MAGNUM 1  was #90037
    15543 85 010B   0433 G 20080326185851800 56 15 1230260+122509 39  +105 05
    15543 85 010B   0433 G 20080326190501500 56 15 1236240+120114 39  +105 05
    AKA as UI127
    96127 96 127A   0433 G 20080326191923500 56 15 1042100+131810 39  +135 05
    96127 96 127A   0433 G 20080326192211800 56 15 1044560+131859 39  +135 05
    96127 96 127A   0433 G 20080326192843500 56 15 1051260+131748 39  +135 05
    DSCS III B10  was  #90042  - see notes below
    22915 93 074A   0433 G 20080326193012400 56 15 1158510+094320 39  +105 05
    22915 93 074A   0433 G 20080326193215600 56 15 1200550+094247 39  +108 05
    22915 93 074A   0433 G 20080326193529200 56 15 1204070+094151 39  +108 05
    22915 93 074A   0433 G 20080326193825200 56 15 1207070+094121 39  +108 05
    22915 93 074A   0433 G 20080326194246500 56 15 1211300+094012 39  +105 05
    96066 AKA as UI066  - see notes below
    96066 96 066A   0433 G 20080326192935600 56 15 1154260+094033 39  +105 05
    96066 96 066A   0433 G 20080326193217600 56 15 1157090+093955 39  +105 05
    96066 96 066A   0433 G 20080326193529200 56 15 1200250+093931 39  +105 05
    96066 96 066A   0433 G 20080326193825200 56 15 1203200+093900 39  +105 05
    96066 96 066A   0433 G 20080326194246500 56 15 1207420+093822 39  +105 05
    DSP F2  AKA as 96035 and UI035
    05204 71 039A   0433 G 20080326194522600 56 15 1408530-044936 39  +130 05
    05204 71 039A   0433 G 20080326194707700 56 15 1410400-045148 39  +120 05
    DSP F23
    32287 07 054A   0433 G 20080326204633300 56 15 0929280+021219 39  +110 05
    32287 07 054A   0433 G 20080326205224000 56 15 0935180+020902 39  +110 05
    AKA 96017 and UI017
    90030 05 544A   0433 G 20080326210053500 56 15 0941070+135226 39  +115 05
    90030 05 544A   0433 G 20080326210608300 56 15 0946240+135034 39  +115 05
    AKA 96037 and UI037
    90003 99 503A   0433 G 20080326210727700 56 15 0951360+171829 39  +090 05
    90003 99 503A   0433 G 20080326211154000 56 15 0956000+170650 39  +090 05
    96105?      - see notes below
    96105 96 605A   0433 G 20080326212008800 56 15 0834030+052331 39  +130 05
    96105 96 605A   0433 G 20080326212320300 56 15 0837150+052327 39  +120 05
    96105 96 605A   0433 G 20080326212612200 56 15 0840060+052320 39  +120 05
    
    Strays seen:
    =================
    Cosmos 1891
    18402 87 087A   0433 G 20080326173646700 56 15 0623380+052113 39  +080 05
    Cosmos 1048
    11111 78 105A   0433 G 20080326175708900 56 15 0826080+104929 39  +060 05
    Satcom K2  geostationary flashing
    16276 85 109D   0433 G 20080326180929900 56 15 0632460+121459 39  +110 05
    Nata 4B geostationary
    22921 93 076A   0433 G 20080326184854400 56 15 0935430+130005 39  +130 05
    Raduga 1-4 geostationary long slow flashing, invisible in between flashes
    25642 99 010A   0433 G 20080326184854400 56 15 0937150+132453 39  +085 05
    Ariane 44L +R/B range 16300kms variable
    21941 92 021C   0433 G 20080326204100500 56 15 1028470+132239 39  +085 05
    SL-12 R/B(2) range 38130 kms, variable
    25900 99 047E   0433 G 20080326210226100 56 15 0944440+134814 39  +125 05
    Atlantic Bird 1 geostationary
    27508 02 040A   0433 G 20080326211421900 56 15 0826000+052649 39  +110 05
    
    
    Notes:
    --------
    
    (1) DSCS III B10 /90042/96066  - some confusion here - had two equally
        bright satellites in field of view. Im not sure which is which. 90042
        is supposed to also be 96066 so one of the satellites in the field
        is an intruder or 90042 is not the same as 96066.... I will look into
        this question.
    
    (2) 96105 - was somewhat off track so identity is not certain.
    
    (3) DSP F3 difficult due to low elevation - could see occasional weak
        flash
    
    (4) 96127 difficult- had to do long integrations so a bit of spread in
        declination.
    
    (5) DSP F2 difficult - only one bright flash to about +12 mag, rest barely
        visible
    
    (6) #90003  nice regular flasher, invisible in between flashes.
    
    
    Cheers
    Greg
    
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