Got seven cameras set up to take photos of satellites tonight.
Starting with 7,438 unique satellites in the archive, sorted by NORAD ID here:
Got seven cameras set up to take photos of satellites tonight.
Starting with 7,438 unique satellites in the archive, sorted by NORAD ID here:
First classified satellite photographed tonight is from the USA, ID 31708, from satellite USA 192.
Info from N2YO:
https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=31708
Archive of pics of this satellite:
Seven cameras are running.
One isn't set up with focus yet...
A couple are just getting "red" which is due to clouds.
The nice thing about a bunch of cameras. They photograph different parts of the sky that are clear on a partly cloudy night as the clouds move across the sky.
So in an hour, perhaps, the red ones will be getting sats while another part of the sky is obscured by clouds.
Just photographed ID 20691, classified USA 61.
Launched in June, 1990, during the "Peace Dividend" era.
Pics in the archive:
https://spacecruft.fit/sats/20691/
N2YO info:
Posted the IODs from the photographs of classified satellites to the seesat mailing list.
Here's the IDs of the twelve classified satellites photographed:
20691
20692
25746
28096
31702
31708
37162
39650
40964
40981
41334
43866
In total, 1,688 different satellites were photographed last night.
Now at 7,479 unique satellites in the archive.