Satellite Observations for October, 2018
10/03/2018
Cosmos 2237
(merged with CZ-2C R/B near Cassiopeia)
CZ-2C R/B
(merged with Cosmos 2237 near Cassiopeia)
DMSP B5D1-3
Cosmos 1603 Rocket 4
GP-B
Cosmos 2219 Rocket
Cosmos 2333
TRACE
Cosmos 1733
Cosmos 2180 Rocket
MOS 1
Cosmos 1953
KORONAS-FOTON
NOAA 13
Meteor 1-21 Rocket
Cosmos 2428
Cosmos 1346 Rocket
ATLAS 5 CENTAUR R/B
Meteor 2-11 Rocket
Cosmos 2219
Cosmos 1570 Rocket
Cosmos 2237 Rocket
Cosmos 2333 Rocket
DELTA 2 R/B (1)
Cosmos 2208 Rocket
Meteor 1-14
NOAA 11
Cosmos 1980
Unidentified: passed between Cygnus & Pegasus
heading toward Cassiopeia
10/04/2018
KORONAS-FOTON
NOSS 0 Rocket
Cosmos 1953
MOS 1
Kosmos-1464
HJ-1C
NOSS 2-3 (D)
NOAA 13
ATLAS 5 CENTAUR ROCKET
DELTA 2 R/B (1)
COSMOS 2428
OAO 1
Meteor 1-21 Rocket
Cosmos 1346 Rocket
NOSS 2-3 (E)
Cosmos 1763 Rocket
Cosmos 2333 Rocket
YAOGAN 6 (tumbling)
NOAA 11
Gblst 52 Del Rocket
Cosmos 990 Rocket
Cosmos 468 Rocket
Cosmos 1980
SJ-6B
Cosmos 1898 Rocket
Cosmos 292 Rocket
Cosmos 1812 Rocket
Unidentified: 00:01 UTC first seen at 45° Northeast
heading North just below Cassiopeia.
10/05/2018
Cosmos 304
10/08/2018
Cosmos 1980
Cosmos 468 Rocket
Cosmos 1346 Rocket
Kosmos-651 reactor
MOS 1
Meteor 2-21 Rocket
PSLV R/B
Cosmos 1092
Cosmos 1626
Cosmos 292 Rocket
Envisat
Cosmos 1898 Rocket
SWAS
Meteor 1-14
Cosmos 2298
deb Delta 89
Cosmos 2297 Rocket
Meteor 1-16 Rocket
SPOT 3 Rocket
Unidentified: 23:50 utc passed by Vega, less than 5
magnitude, travelling North to South.
10/09/2018
USA 32
USA 238 & USA 238 DEB (same field of view)
Cosmos 540 Rocket
PSLV R/B
OAO 3 Rocket
International Space Station
Cosmos 1092 Rocket
SL-16 R/B
Cosmos 220
ATLAS 2AS CENTAUR R/B
Yuri Rocket
Cosmos 2195 Rocket
NOAA 13 (bright flashing)
EO 1 Delta Rocket
NOSS 3-2 (C)
Cosmos 155 Rocket
NOAA 11
NOSS 3-2 (A)
ATLAS 3B R/B
Unidentified: 00:03 utc, less than 5 magnitude, passed
through Cassiopeia North to Northeast.
Unidentified: 00:21 utc, possibly 8 magnitude, South
to North, spotted in Hercules.
Unidentified: 00:24 utc, West to East in Cassiopeia.
Cosmos 2237
(merged with CZ-2C R/B near Cassiopeia)
CZ-2C R/B
(merged with Cosmos 2237 near Cassiopeia)
DMSP B5D1-3
Cosmos 1603 Rocket 4
GP-B
Cosmos 2219 Rocket
Cosmos 2333
TRACE
Cosmos 1733
Cosmos 2180 Rocket
MOS 1
Cosmos 1953
KORONAS-FOTON
NOAA 13
Meteor 1-21 Rocket
Cosmos 2428
Cosmos 1346 Rocket
ATLAS 5 CENTAUR R/B
Meteor 2-11 Rocket
Cosmos 2219
Cosmos 1570 Rocket
Cosmos 2237 Rocket
Cosmos 2333 Rocket
DELTA 2 R/B (1)
Cosmos 2208 Rocket
Meteor 1-14
NOAA 11
Cosmos 1980
Unidentified: passed between Cygnus & Pegasus
heading toward Cassiopeia
10/04/2018
KORONAS-FOTON
NOSS 0 Rocket
Cosmos 1953
MOS 1
Kosmos-1464
HJ-1C
NOSS 2-3 (D)
NOAA 13
ATLAS 5 CENTAUR ROCKET
DELTA 2 R/B (1)
COSMOS 2428
OAO 1
Meteor 1-21 Rocket
Cosmos 1346 Rocket
NOSS 2-3 (E)
Cosmos 1763 Rocket
Cosmos 2333 Rocket
YAOGAN 6 (tumbling)
NOAA 11
Gblst 52 Del Rocket
Cosmos 990 Rocket
Cosmos 468 Rocket
Cosmos 1980
SJ-6B
Cosmos 1898 Rocket
Cosmos 292 Rocket
Cosmos 1812 Rocket
Unidentified: 00:01 UTC first seen at 45° Northeast
heading North just below Cassiopeia.
10/05/2018
Cosmos 304
10/08/2018
Cosmos 1980
Cosmos 468 Rocket
Cosmos 1346 Rocket
Kosmos-651 reactor
MOS 1
Meteor 2-21 Rocket
PSLV R/B
Cosmos 1092
Cosmos 1626
Cosmos 292 Rocket
Envisat
Cosmos 1898 Rocket
SWAS
Meteor 1-14
Cosmos 2298
deb Delta 89
Cosmos 2297 Rocket
Meteor 1-16 Rocket
SPOT 3 Rocket
Unidentified: 23:50 utc passed by Vega, less than 5
magnitude, travelling North to South.
10/09/2018
USA 32
USA 238 & USA 238 DEB (same field of view)
Cosmos 540 Rocket
PSLV R/B
OAO 3 Rocket
International Space Station
Cosmos 1092 Rocket
SL-16 R/B
Cosmos 220
ATLAS 2AS CENTAUR R/B
Yuri Rocket
Cosmos 2195 Rocket
NOAA 13 (bright flashing)
EO 1 Delta Rocket
NOSS 3-2 (C)
Cosmos 155 Rocket
NOAA 11
NOSS 3-2 (A)
ATLAS 3B R/B
Unidentified: 00:03 utc, less than 5 magnitude, passed
through Cassiopeia North to Northeast.
Unidentified: 00:21 utc, possibly 8 magnitude, South
to North, spotted in Hercules.
Unidentified: 00:24 utc, West to East in Cassiopeia.
10/17/2018 (partly cloudy)
CENTAUR R/B
DMSP B5D2-7 (flashing)
Okean 3 Rocket
GEOS 3 Rocket
Meteor 2-1 Rocket
GPS 2-04 Rocket
Cosmos 1726
2 Unidentified:
23:40 UTC traveling north to south in Hercules (bright).
23:44 UTC rigsing just left of Polaris (weak)
10/18/2018
Cosmos 1125 Rocket
IRS-1A Rocket
CZ-4 R/B
COSMO-SKYMED 1
Cosmos 1908
Cosmos 1726
SL-24 R/B
ATLAS 3B R/B
MOS 1
Cosmos 1375 Rocket
Meteor 2-1 Rocket
H-2A R/B
Meteor 2-6
NOAA 12
NOSS 2-2 (D)
Iridium 90 (bright flashes)
NOSS 8 (F)
NOSS 3-2 (C)
FengYun 1-2 T
OE (NEXTSAT)
Cosmos 2026 Rocket
CZ-2C R/B
Feng Yun 1-B
Quciksat
Cosmos 44
NOSS 3-4 (A) (same field of view as NOSS 3-4 (C)
NOSS 3-4 (C) (same field of view as NOSS 3-4 (A)
EO 1 Delta Rocket
EXPRESS MD2
Cosmos 2263 Rocket
Envisat
SL-8 R/B
NOAA 13 (flashing)
Cosmos 1241 Rocket
1 unidentified: 23:40 UTC, Rose 345° - 350° North heading south
approximately 60° altitude, passed between Vega & Hercules. (very
bright)
10/22/2018
Cosmos 773 Rocket
Lacrosse 4 Rocket
Cosmos 1842 Rocket
SPOT 3 Rocket
Cloud cover moved in, no further observations.
10/23/2018
Cosmos 2263 Rocket
Gbstr 26 Del rocket
Cosmos 1766 Rocket
Cosmos 1417 Rocket
COSMO-SKYMED 1
Celestis-02/Orion 38
NOAA 12
USA 32
Iridium 90 (bright flashes)
Quikscat
PEGASUS R/B
APEX
Cosmos 1655 Rocket
MOS 1
CZ-2C R/B
Cosmos 614
SL-8 R/B
Cosmos 1300
ATEX Taurus rocket
Cosmos 1743 Rocket
DMSP B5D2-7
Ariane Rocket
Cosmos 2151
EO 1 Delta rocket
Cosmos 1943
TRAILBLAZER
Lacrosse 4 Rocket
Cosmos 405 Rocket
Iridium 911
Cosmos 923 Rocket
Cosmos 1842
MONITOR-E
Solrad 6B Rocket
Cosmos 2135 Rocket
10/28/2018
CBERS 2B
Shenzhou 11 Module
Cosmos 1791 Rocket
COSMO-SKYMED 1
Celestis-02/Orion 38
Cosmos 883 Rocket
IRS-1A Rocket
Tiangong 2
Cosmos 1844 Rocket (crisscrossed with In-Cosmos 22 Rocket)
In-Cosmos 22 Rocket (crisscrossed with Cosmos 1844 Rocket)
UNK
PEHEUNSAT 1
SKYMED 3
Iridium 911
YAOGAN 1
Cosmos 489 Rocket
TAURUS R/B
SL-24 R/B RUBIN (crisscrossed with TOPX Rocket)
Topex Rocket (crisscrossed with SL-24 R/B RUBIN)
Cosmos 2056 Rocket
Cosmos 1371 Rocket
Ablestar 008
PSLV R/B
NOAA 13
Gblst 52 Del rocket
SPOT 3 Rocket
USA 234
3 Unidentified:
19:23 from the north just left of Cassiopeia heading south southeast
(bright)
19:34 west to east, flared near 60° elevation.
19:47 north to south just left of Cassiopeia near USA 234.
10/30/2018
CZ-2C R/B
10/31/2018
YAOGAN 1
CENTAUR R/B
DMSP B5D2-7 (flashing)
Okean 3 Rocket
GEOS 3 Rocket
Meteor 2-1 Rocket
GPS 2-04 Rocket
Cosmos 1726
2 Unidentified:
23:40 UTC traveling north to south in Hercules (bright).
23:44 UTC rigsing just left of Polaris (weak)
10/18/2018
Cosmos 1125 Rocket
IRS-1A Rocket
CZ-4 R/B
COSMO-SKYMED 1
Cosmos 1908
Cosmos 1726
SL-24 R/B
ATLAS 3B R/B
MOS 1
Cosmos 1375 Rocket
Meteor 2-1 Rocket
H-2A R/B
Meteor 2-6
NOAA 12
NOSS 2-2 (D)
Iridium 90 (bright flashes)
NOSS 8 (F)
NOSS 3-2 (C)
FengYun 1-2 T
OE (NEXTSAT)
Cosmos 2026 Rocket
CZ-2C R/B
Feng Yun 1-B
Quciksat
Cosmos 44
NOSS 3-4 (A) (same field of view as NOSS 3-4 (C)
NOSS 3-4 (C) (same field of view as NOSS 3-4 (A)
EO 1 Delta Rocket
EXPRESS MD2
Cosmos 2263 Rocket
Envisat
SL-8 R/B
NOAA 13 (flashing)
Cosmos 1241 Rocket
1 unidentified: 23:40 UTC, Rose 345° - 350° North heading south
approximately 60° altitude, passed between Vega & Hercules. (very
bright)
10/22/2018
Cosmos 773 Rocket
Lacrosse 4 Rocket
Cosmos 1842 Rocket
SPOT 3 Rocket
Cloud cover moved in, no further observations.
10/23/2018
Cosmos 2263 Rocket
Gbstr 26 Del rocket
Cosmos 1766 Rocket
Cosmos 1417 Rocket
COSMO-SKYMED 1
Celestis-02/Orion 38
NOAA 12
USA 32
Iridium 90 (bright flashes)
Quikscat
PEGASUS R/B
APEX
Cosmos 1655 Rocket
MOS 1
CZ-2C R/B
Cosmos 614
SL-8 R/B
Cosmos 1300
ATEX Taurus rocket
Cosmos 1743 Rocket
DMSP B5D2-7
Ariane Rocket
Cosmos 2151
EO 1 Delta rocket
Cosmos 1943
TRAILBLAZER
Lacrosse 4 Rocket
Cosmos 405 Rocket
Iridium 911
Cosmos 923 Rocket
Cosmos 1842
MONITOR-E
Solrad 6B Rocket
Cosmos 2135 Rocket
10/28/2018
CBERS 2B
Shenzhou 11 Module
Cosmos 1791 Rocket
COSMO-SKYMED 1
Celestis-02/Orion 38
Cosmos 883 Rocket
IRS-1A Rocket
Tiangong 2
Cosmos 1844 Rocket (crisscrossed with In-Cosmos 22 Rocket)
In-Cosmos 22 Rocket (crisscrossed with Cosmos 1844 Rocket)
UNK
PEHEUNSAT 1
SKYMED 3
Iridium 911
YAOGAN 1
Cosmos 489 Rocket
TAURUS R/B
SL-24 R/B RUBIN (crisscrossed with TOPX Rocket)
Topex Rocket (crisscrossed with SL-24 R/B RUBIN)
Cosmos 2056 Rocket
Cosmos 1371 Rocket
Ablestar 008
PSLV R/B
NOAA 13
Gblst 52 Del rocket
SPOT 3 Rocket
USA 234
3 Unidentified:
19:23 from the north just left of Cassiopeia heading south southeast
(bright)
19:34 west to east, flared near 60° elevation.
19:47 north to south just left of Cassiopeia near USA 234.
10/30/2018
CZ-2C R/B
10/31/2018
YAOGAN 1