12/06/2018
Cosmos 2322 Rocket
12/07/2018
PSLV R/B
SL-8 rocket
Meteor 1-10
SKYMED 2
Cosmos 1980 Rocket
Cosmos 1356 Rocket
CSL-04 Rocket
GPS 2-04 Rocket
Cosmos 1300 Rocket
Okean 3
Cosmos 864 Rocket
Cosmos 2218 Rocket
DELTA 2 R/B (1)
Cosmos 1674 Rocket
SMOS
SL-16 R/B
1 unidentified: 22:19 UTC traveling West to
East, 6 degrees above Polaris, 4.5 - 5
magnitude.
12/11/2018
SMAP
Cosmos 1674 Rocket
Iridium 921
Cosmos 1666
SKYMED 4
Cosmos 2310 Rocket
NOSS 6 (D)
Cosmos 1743
Delta 2 Rocket
H-2A R/B
CZ-4 R/B
Cosmos 2263 Rocket
Ariane Rocket
Meteor 1-12 Rocket
COSMO-SKYMED 1
Prospero Rocket
YAOGAN 1
Cosmos 968 Rocket
Quikscat
Cosmos 836 Rocket
Cosmos 2360 Rocket (criss crossed with
DMSP B5D2-3)
DMSP B5D2-3 (criss crossed with Cosmos
2360 Rocket)
Meteor 2-17 Rocket
Cosmos 2123 Rocket
NOAA 13
1 Unidentified: 23:01 UTC traveling west to
east 10° below Cassiopeia near NOAA 13
12/17/2018
SJ-6D
Topex Rocket
Cosmos 2322
FENGYUN 3A
Cosmos 1777 Rocket
Cosmos 909 Rocket
Meteor 2-9 Rocket
DMSP B5D2-1
Radarsat
SL-23 DEB
Cosmos 1934 Rocket
Cosmos 724
Cosmos 1934 Rocket
SKYMED 4
Cosmos 724 & SKYMED 4 merged
Cosmos 773 Rocket
DMSP B5D2-7
Cosmos 2219 Rocket
Cosmos 785
IRS-1A Rocket
USA 238
Cosmos 1605 Rocket
Meteor 2-12 Rocket
Cosmos 1455 Rocket
DMSP B5D2-3
NOSS 0 Rocket
SMOS
Feng Yun 1-B
YAOGAN 1
CSL-04 Rocket
Quikscat
Cosmos 923 Rocket
Cosmos 2278 Rocket
Cosmos 1808 Rocket
Envisat
DMSP B5D1-3
NOSS 3-3 (C) [same field of view]
NOSS 3-3 (A) [same field of view]
12/18/2018
Meteor 2-9 Rocket
Cosmos 1821 Rocket
PAZ
DNEPR-1 R/B
ALOS
Timation 1 Rocket
Cosmos 1844 Rocket
DMSP B5D2-6
Gbstr 26 Del rocket
Cosmos 2219 Rocket
NOAA 12
Meteor 2-12
SKYMED 2
CBERS 2B
Cosmos 2123 Rocket
DMSP B5D2-3
IRS-1A Rocket
Cosmos 1400 Rocket
Envisat
NOSS 3-3 (C) [same field of view]
NOSS 3-3 (A) [same field of view]
NOSS 2-1 (D)
HESSI (traveling fast)
Cosmos 2428
Cosmos 2278 Rocket
Cosmos 785
1 unidentified: passed 5° - 10° left of Polaris
@ 22:11 UTC traveling south to north
12/22/2018
Cosmos 1400 Rocket
FENGYUN 3A
Cosmos 2237 Rocket
NOAA 12
SKYMED 4
Ariane Rocket
DMSP 5D-3 F17
Tiangong 2
Cosmos 1153 Rocket
Cosmos 1315 Rocket
Iridium 24
Cosmos 1174
Cosmos 1455 Rocket
IRS-1A Rocket
USA 238 & USA 238 DEB
UNK (same field of view as USA 238 & USA 238 DEB)
Cosmos 990 Rocket
DMSP B5D2-3
Cosmos 1818
Unidentified: 22:47 UTC traveling south to north in
Cassiopeia, 5 magnitude.
Unidentified: 22:50 UTC traveling north to south at
high rate of speed intersected Andromeda, 5
magnitude.
12/26/2018
SL-16 R/B
Odin Start Rocket
Cosmos 1375 Rocket
IRAS
YAOGAN 3
CSL-04 Rocket
Cosmos 1808 Rocket
Cosmos 1315 Rocket
NOSS 3-3 (C) & NOSS 3-3 (A)
FengYun 1-2 T
NOSS 3-2 (C)
Okean 2
CBERS 2B
NOAA 12
YAOGAN 1
H-2A R/B
Meteor 1-16
CENTAUR R/B
Geosat
Envisat
Feng Yun 1-B & CSL-04 Debris
IRS-1A Rocket
SeaSat 1
Cosmos 2100 Rocket
Cosmos 2150 Rocket
CZ-2C R/B
Cosmos 1802 Rocket
Cosmos 249
Cosmos 2016 Rocket
21:54 UTC: 1 unidentified traveling west to east below
Polaris (5 magnitude)
21:56 UTC: 1 unidentified traveling soutwest to
northeast right of Cassiopeia (5 magnitude)
22:31 UTC: 1 unidentified passed to the right of
Polaris traveling north to south, passed through
Cassiopeia at 22:33 UTC. (-2.5 magnitude)
Satellite Observations for December 2018