On the evening of July 9-10, CASTOR grabbed another 30 satellites, bringing its total to 2,611.

Two satellites in this new crop are the new GOES 14 weather satellite and the new Sirius FM-5 satellite (satellite radio). Sirius FM-5 is the first geostationary satellite for Sirius (the rest are geosynchronous with an inclination of 63 degrees).

Since the beginning of the IYA, CASTOR detected a total of 558 satellites, which leaves another 442 satellites in order to reach its 1,000 satellite goal for the IYA year. I am very confident that I will be able to reach this goal!

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