SPACEWARN Bulletin Number 513


C. Spacecraft Particularly Suited for International Participation: Category I


Miscellaneous Items. (This section contains information/data that are entered on occasion and may not be repeated in each issue of the SPACEWARN Bulletin.)

The List of Bright Objects

Spacewarn Bulletin thanks Mr. Walter I. Nissen of the National Capital Astronomers for the following list compiled by him on 14 July 1996.

Objects were observed during 1994-1996 by Walter I. Nissen, Jr., CDP, at latitude 41 N. Mr. Nissan is grateful for assistance from Goddard Space Flight Center, Smithsonian Institution and National Capital Astronomers.

This list does not possess the universality of Mike McCants' catalog, but it does serve as a record of what can be seen under favorable conditions of illumination and reflection.

This list supplements the similar list complied on 7 July 1994, by Mr. Nissen and reported in Spacewarn Bulletin 490.

This list is complete for objects in orbit as of this date (14 July 1996) which were recorded at magnitude 4 or brighter. The magnitude shown is the brightest observed magnitude. When it was clear that a glint was being observed, the brightest observed glint is recorded after the asterisk. When both are provided, they may represent different passes.

When the name is a simple number, the object is from the Cosmos series; "r" denotes rocket body.

            USSPACECOM  COSPAR/
NAME            CAT.#  WWAS ID MAG.
389 r           04814  70-113B  3
405             05117  71- 28A  2
NOSS 0 r        05679  71-110B  3
Meteor 1-11 r   05918  72- 22B  4
OAO 3 r         06155  72- 65B  1
614 r           06966  73- 98B  3
Meteor 1-17     07274  74- 25A           *1
660 r           07338  74- 44B  1
673 r           07418  74- 66B  2
Meteor 1-23 r   08520  75-124B  3 or 4
Meteor 1-28 r   10114  77- 57B  3
DMSP B5D1-3     10820  78- 42A  0        *-2
1005 r          10861  78- 45B  3
SeaSat 1        10967  78- 64A  3
1025            10973  78- 67A  4
Meteor 1-29     11251  79-  5A  4
1077            11268  79- 12A  3 or 4
Inter Cosmos 19 11285  79- 20A  1.5
Int.Cosmos 19 r 11286  79- 20B  3
1092 r          11327  79- 30B  3
1140 r          11574  79- 89B  3.6
1143 r          11601  79- 93B  3.7
1145            11629  79- 99A  3
1206            11932  80- 69A  3
1220            12054  80- 89A  2
1238 r          12139  81-  3B  1.5
1242            12154  81-  8A  4
NOAA 7          12553  81- 59A  0 or 1   *-1 or 0
1300            12785  81- 82A  3
1315            12903  81-103A  3
1315 r          12904  81-103B  4
1328 r          12988  81-117B  4
1357 r          13168  82- 40J  4
ELINT (KH 9-17) 13172  82- 41C           *3.5
1378            13271  82- 59A  4
1455            14032  83- 37A  2
1470 r          14148  83- 61B  4
1500 r          14373  83- 99B  3
1508 r          14484  83-111B  2 or 1
1515            14551  83-122A           *2
1536            14699  84- 13A  5 or 6   *4 or 3
1602            15331  84-105A  3 or 2   *1
1605 r          15360  84-109B  4
1606            15369  84-111A  5        *2 or 3
1633            15592  85- 20A  3 or 4   *2
1703            16262  85-108A           *0
1707            16326  85-113A  4
1726            16495  86-  6A  4        *3
Mir             16609  86- 17A  -2
Spot 1          16613  86- 19A  4
1782            16986  86- 74A  3
1809 r          17242  86-101B  4
1812            17295  87-  3A  6        *3
1818            17369  87- 11A  3
1825            17566  87- 24A  3
1833            17589  87- 27A  4
1842            17911  87- 38A  4 or 5   *0
1844 r          17974  87- 41B  3
1867            18187  87- 60A  3
1892            18421  87- 88A  3 or 2   *1
1898 r          18586  87- 98B  3 or 4
1908            18748  88-  1A  4
1933            18958  88- 20A  3        *1
1933 r          18959  88- 20B  3
1937 r          19039  88- 29B  4
1943            19119  88- 39A  4
1943 r          19120  88- 39B  1
1953            19210  88- 50A  2        *-2
1954 r          19257  88- 53B  4
Okean 1         19274  88- 56A  3 or 4
USA 32          19460  88- 78A  2
1975            19573  88- 93A  2        *0
1980            19649  88-102A           *0
Lacrosse 1      19671  88-106B  0
2016 r          19922  89- 28B  4
Int.Cosmos 24   20261  89- 80A  4
Int.Cosmos 24 r 20262  89- 80C  4
2053 r          20390  89-100B  2 or 3
2058            20465  90- 10A  4        *0
MOS 1-B         20478  90- 13A  3
2074 r          20578  90- 36B  4
HST             20580  90- 37B  3
2084            20663  90- 55A  3 or 4
2084 r2         20666  90- 55D  3.0
NOSS 2-1 B      20682  90- 50B  4
NOSS 2-1 C      20691  90- 50C  4
NOSS 2-1 D      20692  90- 50D  4
DMSP B5D2-5     20978  90-105A  3 or 4
Lacrosse 2      21147  91- 17A  3
Lacrosse 2 r    21148  91- 17B  1
2142 r          21231  91- 29B  2 or 3
NOAA 12         21263  91- 32A  4        *0 or 1
2150 r          21419  91- 41B  4
2151            21422  91- 42A  1 or 2   *0
UARS            21701  91- 63B  2
USA 81          21949  92- 23A  3 or 4
2195 r          22007  92- 36B  4
TOPEX           22076  92- 52A  4
2208 r          22081  92- 53B  4
Lageos 2 r      22196  92- 70D  3        *-1
2218 r          22208  92- 73B  3
2219 r          22220  92- 76B  1.9
2221            22236  92- 80A  2
2227 r          22285  92- 93B  2
2228            22286  92- 94A  4
2228 r          22287  92- 94B  3
2237            22565  93- 16A  4
2237 r          22566  93- 16B  4
2242            22626  93- 24A  1 or 2   *0
2251 r          22676  93- 36B  3 or 4
NOAA 13         22739  93- 50A           *-1
2263 r          22803  93- 59B  1.2
Koronas 1 r     23020  94- 14B  3
2278 r          23088  94- 23B  3.2
2279 r          23093  94- 24B  4
SROSS-C2        23099  94- 27A  -1 or -2 *-2
Nadezhda 4 r    23180  94- 41B  2 or 1
2285 r          23190  94- 45B  3
DMSP B5D2-7     23233  94- 57A  3 or 4   *0
2292 r          23279  94- 61B  3 or 4
Okean 1-7 r     23318  94- 66B  3
Resurs 1-3      23342  94- 74A  4
Resurs 1-3 r    23343  94- 74B  1
2297            23404  94- 77A  4
2297 r          23405  94- 77B  2
Geo-1K          23411  94- 78A  3.5
Geo-1K r        23412  94- 78B  4
Astrid          23464  95-  2B  3
2306 r          23502  95-  8B  3 or 4
ERS-2           23560  95- 21A  3 or 4
ERS-2 r         23561  95- 21B  3
2313            23596  95- 28A  1
2315 r          23604  95- 32B  4
Helios 1A r     23608  95- 33D  2 or 3   *0
Sich 1          23657  95- 46A  4
2321            23676  95- 52A  3
2322            23704  95- 58A  4
2322 r          23705  95- 58B  2
2326            23748  95- 71A  1 or 1.5
2327            23773  96-  4A  2
NOSS 2-3 r             96- 29   0


SPACEWARN Bulletin Number 513
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V1.0, 25 July 1996
Last Updated: 16 December 1997, EVB II