Friday, 31 March 2006

USA 129 too faint this time

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I had clear skies again this evening. The only potentially interesting pass though was that of USA 129 at 20:23 UTC. I did see it visually,...
Wednesday, 29 March 2006

He's back! USA 129 and Solar Eclipse

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Bjorn Gimle recovered the keyhole satellite USA 129 (96-072A, #24680) on the 23rd when it came out of its winter dark period. Following thi...
Wednesday, 22 March 2006

Lacrosse 4 Flare and missing Lacrosse 5

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Conditions were poor this evening: haze due to very thin high altitude clouds lowered the limiting magnitude considerably. Still, some work ...
Tuesday, 21 March 2006

Clear skies, nice Lacrosse 5 pass

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After a few grey days, this monday turned into a very clear day. Bright blue skies in the daytime, good dark sky in th evning. I had only on...
Tuesday, 14 March 2006

Playing hide & seek with Lacrosse 5

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Got a nice bunch of data on Lacrosse 5 (2005-016A, #28646) last evening. I observed two passes (19:08 and 20:50 UTC) , under poor conditions...
Saturday, 11 March 2006

Lacrosse 5 disappearance trick & timing problem gone?

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I observed Lacrosse 5 doing its disappearance trick this evening. I think this explains my non-observation of March 6th in combination with ...
Tuesday, 7 March 2006

Oh, how I love Japanese electronics... (timing error issues)

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Yep, it seems have a ~0.3 second timing devation again against other stations. Here's two messages I sent out in our tracking network t...
Monday, 6 March 2006

A no-show of Lacrosse 5, and timings off again?

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Quicksat predicted two good near-zenith passes this evening, of both the Lacrosse 5 Rocket stage (2005-016B, #28647) and the payload itself,...
Saturday, 4 March 2006

Flaring Lacrosse 5

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This image was obtained by me this evening and shows Lacrosse 5 (2005-016A, #28646) while flaring. Here, it goes from about mag. +1.0 to +0....
Wednesday, 1 March 2006

Snow

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We are having snow here. Yesterday I had some hopes as there were some sharp clearings inbetween the snowstorms: but alas, not during the re...
Saturday, 25 February 2006

Defeated by clouds again

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After a whole day with a bright blue frosty sky, mid-altitude stratus clouds moved in around dusk. Alas, a pity, because there were a number...

Lacrosse 5 and Murphy...

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Soooooo.......I had the alarm clock set to try to catch an early morning pass (4:47 am local time) of Lacrosse 5 with the camera... And I...
Friday, 24 February 2006

First observations at the new location!

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After a long period with grey skyscapes and generally uncomfy weather, the skies turned into a beautiful blue today. So I ran Quicksat to s...
Friday, 17 February 2006

From Cospar 4352 to 4353

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The move has been completed! Station 4352 has changed location and become 4353 . Last Sunday we transferred all my belongings to my new home...
Saturday, 4 February 2006

Suitsat becomes Mutesat....

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Last night during an EVA, ISS station commander Bill McArthur and flight engineer Valery Tokarev released an old Orlan spacesuit into space....
Thursday, 2 February 2006

New Cospar ID and coordinates

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With the move, SatTrackCam will of course get a new Cospar ID. Pierre Neirinck has assigned my new location the Cospar ID number 4353 . The...

The new home of SatTrackCam...!

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I got the keys to my new home yesterday. So I have been amusing myself with measuring up the apartment, making a map of it, and trying to fi...
Saturday, 28 January 2006

Beautiful Stardust re-entry movie!

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Stardust Capsule Reentry Movie filmed from NASA DC-8 aircraft (requires Quicktime) This is a stunning movie of the Stardust capsule re-entry...
Friday, 20 January 2006

SatTrackCam is going to move!!!

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SatTrackCam is going to move! I am moving to a new home here in Leiden in mid-February. The move will be less than 1 kilometer in distance, ...
Saturday, 15 October 2005

Failed - trail too faint (Lacrosse 4)

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Saturday, October 15, 2005, 20:49:24 Just tried to image a pass of Lacrosse 4. The almost full moon was already up, and it was slightly hazy...