Using Skymap and the geosat file from Spacetrack I was able to ID the sat I saw this morning. It is Cosmos 1940, 19073, 1988-34 A. So the correct PPAS report is: 88- 34 A 05-12-02 03:51:38.10LB 1204.2 0.2 90 13.380 FF, 5->i, some 4, some 6 Still didn't figure out why I didn't see Superbird A as it was just a little bit to the southwest of Cosmos 1940. Greetings and clear, dark skies Leo Barhorst, Medemblik NL Cospar 4252 52.76350 N 5.09114 E 2 m ASL http://www.satlist.nl/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leo Barhorst" <leobarhorst@zonnet.nl> To: "seesat-l" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 5:34 AM Subject: LB obs 2005 Dec 02; Superbird A?? >A clear, but cold morning. Just below zero C with some wind. > Started looking for Superbird A early and shortly after 03:30 UT saw > a flash just southeast of Procyon. Started to follow it and timing the > flashes. > Its flash behavior was different from Superbirds seen on previous days. > Also > the total cycle laste much longer. This made me wonder if it was Superbird > A > I was observing. Although in the same area I didn't see another sat > flashing, > that could have been Superbird A. Just at the end I possible saw a flash > at > the western edge of FOV, but that was much later than the last flashes of > Superbird seen previous. > If it was Superbird A I saw, then something has happend to it as the > period is > two and half minutes greater than two days ago. > Perhaps I saw another geosat, maybe a Gorizont. > But why didn't I see Superbird A? > Will try to ID this sat this evening, as I now have to go to work. > > The URL explaning the numbers : > http://www.satobs.org/tumble/flashpm.html#PPASformat > > 05-836 A 05-12-02 03:51:38.10LB 1204.2 0.2 90 13.380 FF, 5->i, some 4, > some 6 > Timings: 13.34 13.24 13.36 13.44 13.32 13.46 13.43 13.69 13.02 13.39 13.85 > 12.78 13.51 13.33 13.32 13.54 13.28 13.54 13.29 27.17 12.82 13.65 13.09 > 13.38 > 13.38 13.34 13.51 13.26 13.47 13.32 13.49 13.24 13.90 12.93 13.30 13.37 > 13.36 > 13.43 13.37 13.44 13.35 13.33 13.43 13.33 13.34 26.89 13.37 13.36 13.58 > 13.25 > 13.33 13.25 13.47 13.72 12.92 13.50 13.46 13.31 13.55 13.51 13.03 13.36 > 13.47 > 13.41 13.33 13.29 13.42 13.41 13.86 12.95 13.35 13.57 13.33 13.37 13.33 > 13.75 > 12.98 26.78 13.39 26.77 13.80 26.52 26.57 13.52 sec. > Several maxima were very faint and timed late ore not at all. > > 2005: 851 obs > PPAS: 14442 obs > > Greetings and clear, dark skies > Leo Barhorst, Medemblik NL > Cospar 4252 52.76350 N 5.09114 E 2 m ASL > http://www.satlist.nl/index.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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