2006/10/24, Tristan Cools <tristan.cools@gmail.com>: > On the evening of september 24 after swimming . . . > First I thought it was a distant slowly moving satellite but it seemed > that the flashes were comming from at least 3 different satellites. > Some flashes were brighter then others but they were easy visible. I > guess that some flashes were spaced with some 20s, some of them less > some of them more. I didn't have the time nor the means to make a > more precise observation. I guess it was around 22h local time which > is GMT-3 I think. > > Here are the observation coordinates: 4deg11min52.90s N 52deg22min20.70s W Using Guide 8 and TLE's from September 25, 2006 I found several satellites that might be Tristan's objects. Tristan mentioned 22:00 local time, this is 01:00 UT. So date is the next day, i.e. September 25, 2006. In table below are shown all(?) (near) geostationary satellites seen from: location 4° 11' 52.9" N, 52° 22' 20.7" W at 2006-09-25 01:00 UT with elevation > 75° The columns are: Sat: satellite ID in format yynnnc el: elevation (in °) az: azimuth (°, N = 0°) d: distance between observer and satellite (km) name: popular name cn: NORAD catalog number sat el az d name cn 95013A 84.3 148.9 35821 Intelsat 705 23528 95016A 74.5 252.0 35985 Brasilsat B2 23536 96002A 77.8 113.4 35914 PAS 3R 23764 96015A 85.1 186.8 35814 Intelsat 707 23816 97040A 81.3 126.2 36029 PAS 6 24891 97059A 78.3 245.4 35901 Echostar 3 25004 98014A 75.1 108.7 35971 NSS 806 25239 98037A 84.0 215.6 35827 Intelsat 805 25371 98075A 77.9 113.6 35913 PAS 6B 25585 00043A 81.9 233.0 35846 PAS 9 26451 00072A 79.9 118.9 35870 PAS 1R 26608 03033A 78.1 245.9 35904 Rainbow 1 27852 04001A 76.7 248.7 35936 Estrela du Sol 28137 04031A 78.9 244.1 35896 Amazonas 28393 05044A 86.8 186.0 35803 Inmarsat-4 2 28899 None of these satellites has been reported in the PPAS. This means none of them is known as being flashing. Bram Dorreman COSPAR 4160 51° 16' 45.5" N 5° 28' 36.6" E (WGS84) 35 m ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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