PPAS reports from September

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Tue Oct 19 2004 - 03:54:53 EDT

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    PPAS report format: http://www.satobs.org/tumble/flashpm.html#PPASformat
    
    08709, UME 1
    76- 19 A 04-09-18 01:48:41   EC   38.1 0.2  14  2.72  
    
    12069, Fleetsatcom 4 Rk (Centaur)
    80- 87 B 04-09-25 02:38:56   EC  175.6 0.4  12 14.63  
    
    12363, Comstar 3 Rk (Centaur)
    81- 18 B 04-09-18 03:02:41   EC  991.1 0.3 314  3.156 
    
    13007, Intelsat 503 Rk (Centaur, accidentally seen at range of about 8800 km)
    81-119 B 04-09-17 03:10:51   EC  317.8 0.4  18 17.66  asymm 9.15 8.50
    
    15054, Cosmos 1554 Rk2
    87- 47 H 04-09-20 01:40:00   EC   21.9 0.3   7  3.13  
    
    18187, Cosmos 1867
    87- 60 A 04-09-23 02:16:17   EC  123.2 1.0  12 10.3   
    
    19017, Gorizont 15 (second shortest geosynch flash period)
    88- 28 A 04-09-20 03:32:02   EC  677.1 0.3  46 14.72  
    
    19765, Gorizont 17
    89-  4 A 04-09-07 03:36:50   EC  916.4 0.3  13 70.49  visible secondaries
    89-  4 A 04-09-10 03:53:21   EC  845.6 0.2  12 70.47  
    
    22907, Gorizont 29
    93- 72 A 04-08-24 04:24:01   EC  803.2 0.2  10 80.32  
    
    22997, Shi Jian 4 Rk
    94- 10 C 04-09-13 03:21:50   EC  100.1 2.0   8 12.5   
    
    23554, AMSC-1 Rk (Centaur)
    95- 19 B 04-09-13 01:59:12   EC  104.8 0.4  12  8.73  
    95- 19 B 04-09-17 02:27:46   EC  103.7 0.4  12  8.64  
    95- 19 B 04-09-20 02:19:04   EC  171.1 0.5  20  8.55  
    
    24836, Iridium 914
    97- 30 A 04-09-25 02:33:20   EC   88.8 0.1   8 11.11  
    
    25724, Milstar 3 Rk (Centaur)
    99- 23 A 04-09-08 01:48:00   EC   54.8 0.3  24  2.28  
    
    27369, MDS 1 H-2 Rk (very interesting)
    02-  3 C 04-09-13 03:06:23   EC   86.4 0.4   7 12.3   asymm dbl maxima
    02-  3 C 04-09-18 04:33:21   EC   98.4 0.3   8 12.30  asymm dbl maxima
    
    28237, MDS 1 Fairing 1
    02-  3 D 04-09-09 02:32:02   EC  146.8 0.3  18  8.16  
    02-  3 D 04-09-19 03:33:49   EC  325.9 0.3  40  8.15  
    
    28243, MDS 1 Fairing 2
    02-  3 E 04-09-10 02:48:18   EC  197.8 0.3  26  7.61  
    02-  3 E 04-09-17 02:33:23   EC  137.3 0.4  18  7.63  
    
    28096, NOSS 3-2 Rk (Centaur)
    03- 54 B 04-09-20 02:52:30   EC  101.7 0.3   3 33.9   asymm
    
    28353, Cosmos 2406 Zenit Rk
    04- 21 B 04-09-10 03:06:18   EC   30.2 0.2  38  0.80  
    04- 21 B 04-09-16 01:25:56   EC   89.7 0.2 108  0.831 
    
    I also did this one, but I think it's fairly questionable:
    
    23466, Tsikada Rk
    95-  2 D 04-09-20 01:55:27   EC   78.1 0.5   2 39.1   asymm 18 21 
    
    The other evening we confirmed Fleetsatcom 3 (80-004A, 11669)
    flashing asymmetrically, easy to see with 8x42.
    
    Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA
    
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