Observations 28 Oct 2005: -------------------------------- 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 ~60mm focal length f/2.8 lens,integrating for 64 frames which is equivalent to an exposure of 1.28 seconds per image. Field of view approximately 5.35 x 4.25 degrees and showing stars down to about magnitude +09.5 Site 0433 : Longitude 18.51294 deg East, Latitude 33.94058 deg S, Elevation 10 metres - situated in Pinelands (Cape Town), South Africa Correction for USA 186: ---------------------------- Delete following line 91041 05 298LEO 0433 G 20051028210637200 56 15 1341596-840414 39 +050 05 and replace with this line: 91041 05 298LEO 0433 G 20051028210637200 56 15 1310595-823614 39 +050 05 The position given first time is incorrect and was position of centre of the field of view. The correction gives the position of the satellite. For CLASSFD.TLE: ------------------------ 23862 96 029D 0433 G 20051028174743100 56 15 0051007-793254 39 23862 96 029D 0433 G 20051028174825800 56 15 0320285-774048 39 23908 96 029C 0433 G 20051028174743100 56 15 0025377-794419 39 23908 96 029C 0433 G 20051028174825800 56 15 0307219-782459 39 23936 96 029E 0433 G 20051028174743100 56 15 0020127-790412 39 23936 96 029E 0433 G 20051028174825800 56 15 0255583-780626 39 21147 91 017A 0433 G 20051028175025600 56 15 1704053-045952 39 +042 05 21147 91 017A 0433 G 20051028175128300 56 15 1749369+094838 39 +036 05 21147 91 017A 0433 G 20051028175223300 56 15 1825576+215219 39 +034 05 28647 05 016B 0433 G 20051028175733100 56 15 2142028+354924 39 22519 92 086C 0433 G 20051028180009700 56 15 2157091+342103 39 +080 05 22519 92 086C 0433 G 20051028180301200 56 15 2308576+224910 39 +060 05 22519 92 086C 0433 G 20051028180604200 56 15 0113353-002306 39 +050 05 05679 71 110B 0433 G 20051028182005300 56 15 1851310-671828 39 +045 05 05679 71 110B 0433 G 20051028182141300 56 15 2130435-411412 39 +035 05 05679 71 110B 0433 G 20051028182318500 56 15 2236032-042055 39 +032 05 26473 00 047A 0433 G 20051028183230200 56 15 1615364-263229 39 +055 05 26473 00 047A 0433 G 20051028183329100 56 15 1546581-382622 39 +053 05 90037 05 638A 0433 G 20051028182810800 56 15 0205270+022614 39 90013 03 564A 0433 G 20051028201146800 56 15 0247374+092047 39 Strays observed: -------------------- (a) Unknown seen: ---------------------- 91042 05 301MEO 0433 G 20051028182848700 56 15 0205282+005008 39 91042 05 301MEO 0433 G 20051028182924400 56 15 0206065+030109 39 91042 05 301MEO 0433 G 20051028182947600 56 15 0206543+042302 39 Faint about magnitude +9 (b) Other known "strays: FREGAT RB/Cluster 26106 00 015A 0433 G 20051028183013200 56 15 0207193+021035 39 26106 00 015A 0433 G 20051028183040100 56 15 0206394+040255 39 this followed the unknown #91042 and was slightly brighter - I suspect the two satellites are related as apparent angular speed and track angle were similar. #26106 was about a magnitude brighter. IUS R/B range 6622 kms 19884 89 021C 0433 G 20051028200719900 56 15 0210453-075150 39 +065 05 Delta R/B range 6184 kms 25619 99 003B 0433 G 20051028193549300 56 15 0141440-083346 39 +073 05 Atlas Cent R range 36634 kms - regular flasher 04882 71 006B 0433 G 20051028191453300 56 15 0125568-104613 39 +096 05 04882 71 006B 0433 G 20051028191658600 56 15 0119479-082112 39 +096 05 GLOBALSTAR MO39 25961 99 062A 0433 G 20051028190936200 56 15 0113585-082423 39 +045 05 SL-6 R/B range 4336 kms 15439 84 124H 0433 G 20051028192021300 56 15 0125292-080406 39 15439 84 124H 0433 G 20051028192044400 56 15 0132044-093315 39 Notes: -------- (1) This concludes observations for 28 October. I still have a few geostationaries to measure from 25 and 27 October. Cheers Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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