Observations made by Ian Roberts , longitude 27.9287 east,latitude
26.1030 south, situated near Johannesburg, South Africa.
IOD format used.
FOR CLASSIFIED.TLE:
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27938 03 041B 0434 E 20090918214700000 16 15 2214433+040324 38 +105 01
33491 09 001B 0434 E 20090918220707000 16 15 2151269+034213 48 +107 02
UNKNOWN SEEN:
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??? 0434 E 20090918210144000 16 15 2311108+042347 28 +097 01
STRAYS SEEN:
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SL-12 R/B(2)
21703 91 064A 0434 E 20090918191104000 16 15 0039493-033836 38 +121 02
HGS 4 (GALAXY 4)
22694 93 039A 0434 E 20090918191104000 16 15 0037508-042624 48 +126 07
THAICOM 5
29163 06 020B 0434 E 20090918191858000 16 15 0050073+040504 38 +104 02
29163 06 020B 0434 E 20090918192338000 16 15 0054495+040502 48
THAICOM 2
23314 94 065B 0434 E 20090918191858000 16 15 0050099+035927 38
23314 94 065B 0434 E 20090918192338000 16 15 0054521+035930 48 +121 05
EXPRESS MD-1
33596 09 007B 0434 E 20090918192338000 16 15 0101412+040311 48 +090 01
33596 09 007B 0434 E 20090918192620000 16 15 0104216+040309 48 +091 01
EXPRESS AM-2
28629 05 010A 0434 E 20090918192338000 16 15 0101108+040456 48 +107 02
28629 05 010A 0434 E 20090918192620000 16 15 0103514+040457 48 +107 01
INSAT 3B
26108 00 016B 0434 E 20090918193327000 16 15 0123470+040137 48 +119 05
26108 00 016B 0434 E 20090918193327000 16 15 0124044+035949 48
26108 00 016B 0434 E 20090918193531000 16 15 0126084+035950 48
INSAT 4A
28911 05 049A 0434 E 20090918193531000 16 15 0125508+040136 48
INSAT 2E
25666 99 016A 0434 E 20090918193327000 16 15 0123555+035809 48 +113 03
25666 99 016A 0434 E 20090918193531000 16 15 0125591+035810 48 +110 03
INTELSAT 709
23915 96 035A 0434 E 20090918193736000 16 15 0137102+035957 38 +115 04
23915 96 035A 0434 E 20090918193921000 16 15 0138552+035958 48 +115 180
23915 96 035A 0434 E 20090918194924000 16 15 0149005+035957 18 +115 01
FENGYUN 2D
29640 06 053A 0434 E 20090918194924000 16 15 0154273+035626 28 +124 03
29640 06 053A 0434 E 20090918195519000 16 15 0200224+035609 48 +125 09
CHINASTAR 2
25354 98 033A 0434 E 20090918195519000 16 15 0204593+035913 48 +112 04
25354 98 033A 0434 E 20090918195953000 16 15 0209328+035909 38 +117 05
25354 98 033A 0434 E 20090918200643000 16 15 0216242+035908 38 +119 06
ST1
25460 98 049A 0434 E 20090918195953000 16 15 0211373+035829 38 +113 06
25460 98 049A 0434 E 20090918200643000 16 15 0218282+035830 38 +113 03
YAMAL 201
28094 03 053B 0434 E 20090918201004000 16 15 0230043+035926 28 +121 08
28094 03 053B 0434 E 20090918201213000 16 15 0232149+035924 48 +116 02
MEASAT 3A
35362 09 032A 0434 E 20090918201347000 16 15 0240239+035759 18
35362 09 032A 0434 E 20090918201547000 16 15 0242257+035745
MEASAT 3
29648 06 056A 0434 E 20090918201347000 16 15 0240176+035521 38 +118 04
29648 06 056A 0434 E 20090918201547000 16 15 0242193+035519
DRTS
27516 02 042B 0434 E 20090918201213000 16 15 0235330+035608 48
27516 02 042B 0434 E 20090918201347000 16 15 0237070+035608 28 +121 03
CHINASAT 9
33051 08 028A 0434 E 20090918201347000 16 15 0243000+035526 28 +110 05
33051 08 028A 0434 E 20090918201547000 16 15 0244596+035519
33051 08 028A 0434 E 20090918201801000 16 15 0247152+035532 38 +115 04
INSAT 3A
27714 03 013A 0434 E 20090918201801000 16 15 0252466+035344 38
27714 03 013A 0434 E 20090918202144000 16 15 0256282+035348 38 +114 04
INSAT 4B
30793 07 007A 0434 E 20090918201801000 16 15 0253019+035501 38 +118 03
30793 07 007A 0434 E 20090918202144000 16 15 0256429+035506 68 +127 10
NSS 6
27603 02 057A 0434 E 20090918202144000 16 15 0302487+035340 38 +101 02
27603 02 057A 0434 E 20090918202346000 16 15 0304494+035321
27603 02 057A 0434 E 20090918202543000 16 15 0306136+035808 37 +104 03
EXPRESS AM33
32478 08 003A 0434 E 20090918202346000 16 15 0311134+035347
32478 08 003A 0434 E 20090918202543000 16 15 0313142+035423 97 +116 08
32478 08 003A 0434 E 20090918202723000 16 15 0314555+035423 48 +110 05
E BIRD
27948 03 043A 0434 E 20090918205942000 16 15 2306385+041931 18 +121 01
INTELSAT 802
24846 97 031A 0434 E 20090918205942000 16 15 2305371+041907 18
GALAXY 11
26038 99 071A 0434 E 20090918205942000 16 15 2305147+042220 18 +099 01
EUTELSAT W2
25491 98 056A 0434 E 20090918214531000 16 15 2233221+041820 38 +111 02
ATLANTIC BIRD 4
25237 98 013A 0434 E 20090918214531000 16 15 2232276+041718 38 +103 02
SICRAL 1B
34810 09 020A 0434 E 20090918214700000 16 15 2215301+041901 38 +094 01
EUTELSAT W2A
34710 09 016A 0434 E 20090918215825000 16 15 2218453+041735 38 +107 01
HOTBIRD 7A
28946 06 007B 0434 E 20090918215825000 16 15 2215241+041653 38 +125 01
EUTELSAT W3A
28187 04 008A 0434 E 20090918220316000 16 15 2209507+041454 48 +105 02
SIRIUS 4
32299 07 057A 0434 E 20090918220407000 16 15 2200406+041653 28
RASCOM 1
32387 07 063A 0434 E 20090918220533000 16 15 2153259+041523 28 +115 02
EUTELSAT W2M
33460 08 065B 0434 E 20090918220533000 16 15 2154167+041046 28
EUTELSAT W1
26487 00 052A 0434 E 20090918220533000 16 15 2158440+041252 28 +107 02
Notes:
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(1) Observations made by Ian Roberts ( NO relation that I know of!).
Ian lives 10 degrees more east in longitude than I do so he makes
a welcome addition to high altitude satellite tracking as this
expands the amateur network a bit more east - now we just need a
regular observer to cover longitudes ~ 90 degrees east to approx
160 degrees west. Come on Australia/New Zealand - nobody there with
a telescope to observe high altitude satellites ???
(1) Observations made using a 50mm aperture f3.56 finder ( focal length
183mm, image scale 9.35 arc sec/pixel, field of view 120 x 90 arc
minutes,) mounted on Meade reflector used in equatorial mode.
Camera was a meade DSI Pro II monochrome camera, without filters.
Exposures generally around 20 seconds.
(2) Processing done using APEX.
(3) Ians report contained a bright unknown for which I cannot find a
match.
Cheers
Greg
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