· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article    Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Cloudy Nights - Official Forums of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu.... uh, User   You are not logged in. [Login] Forum Archives · Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar International Year of Astronomy 2009 >> National and Regional Activities Previous   Index   Next   Flat   Michael A. Earl vendor- Canadian Satellite Tracking and Orbit Research Reged: 11/17/08 Posts: 1113 Loc: Brockville, Ontario, Canada 4 Days = 59 New Satellites!       08/17/09 12:06 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply:   The past 4 days have been extremely productive, as CASTOR detected another 59 satellites to add to its ever-growing catalogue. I took advantage of the amazing clear skies in this part of the world to catch them. One of the satellites detected this week was the now tumbling Hipparcos satellite, which once revolutionized trigonometric parallax measurements for stars. It is now in the ever-growing satellite graveyard, forever doomed to tumble in space. As a sign that the end is near for its survey, CASTOR cannot detect any further geosynchronous satellites without relocating to the other side of the world. Still, it has detected over 600 of the 1,000 total geosynchronous satellites currently in orbit, which is not bad for just one detector. To date, CASTOR has detected 2,759 satellites from all orbit types since January 1, 2007. Since the IYA began, it has detected 706 new satellites, nearly 3/4 of the 1,000 satellite goal set on January 1, 2009. The end of the long journey is near. I expect to finish by November 2009. -------------------- Michael A. Earl - Vendor Canadian Astronomy, Satellite Tracking and Optical Research www.castor2.ca Celestron NexStar 11 GPS Celestron NexStar 8i SE SBIG ST-9XE CCD Post Extras       Entire thread Subject Posted by Posted on CASTOR Satellite Catalogue Michael A. Earl 11/17/08 08:58 PM Re: CASTOR Satellite Catalogue Glassthrower   11/19/08 11:08 AM Re: CASTOR Satellite Catalogue Michael A. Earl   11/19/08 01:43 PM Re: CASTOR Satellite Catalogue Glassthrower   11/24/08 04:09 PM Re: CASTOR Satellite Catalogue Michael A. Earl   11/25/08 11:14 AM Re: CASTOR Satellite Catalogue Michael A. Earl   11/27/08 07:57 PM Re: CASTOR Satellite Catalogue Michael A. Earl   12/11/08 09:58 PM Re: CASTOR Satellite Catalogue Glassthrower   12/16/08 05:24 PM Re: CASTOR IYA Satellite Tracking Project Michael A. Earl   12/16/08 08:07 PM CASTOR IYA Satellite Tracking Project Michael A. Earl   12/19/08 01:12 PM Re: CASTOR IYA Satellite Tracking Project Glassthrower   12/29/08 11:20 PM Re: CASTOR IYA Satellite Tracking Project Michael A. Earl   12/29/08 11:37 PM Re: CASTOR Satellite Tracking - 9 New Satellites! Michael A. Earl   12/30/08 10:39 PM Re: CASTOR Satellite Catalogue - Now Up to 2,120 Michael A. Earl   01/16/09 11:02 PM Re: CASTOR Satellite Catalogue - Now Up to 2,120 Michael A. Earl   01/17/09 04:55 PM Re: CASTOR Satellite Catalogue - Now Up to 2,126 Michael A. Earl   01/21/09 11:29 AM Re: CASTOR Satellite Catalogue - Now Up to 2,126 Michael A. Earl   01/25/09 04:42 PM Re: Satellite Catalogue up to 2,132 Objects Michael A. Earl   01/28/09 01:53 PM Re: Satellite Catalogue up to 2,139 Objects Michael A. Earl   02/01/09 11:04 PM 2,146 Satellites Michael A. Earl   02/03/09 10:09 PM Re: 2,146 Satellites LivingNDixie   10/06/09 03:08 PM Re: 2,997 Satellites Michael A. Earl   10/06/09 04:40 PM 3,000 Satellites Reached!!! Michael A. Earl   10/10/09 09:11 PM Re: 3,000 Satellites Reached!!! ottovonrotton   10/11/09 08:20 AM Oct 13 = 18 Satellites Michael A. Earl   10/14/09 05:50 PM Re: Oct 16 = 2 Satellites Michael A. Earl   10/17/09 01:31 PM Re: Oct 17 = 7 Satellites Michael A. Earl   10/18/09 01:11 PM Re: Oct 18-19 = 5 Satellites Michael A. Earl   10/20/09 03:49 PM 1,000 IYA Satellites!!! Michael A. Earl   10/26/09 10:11 PM Re: 1,000 IYA Satellites!!! ottovonrotton   11/01/09 10:36 AM Re: 1,000 IYA Satellites!!! Michael A. Earl   11/01/09 04:35 PM Re: 1,000 IYA Satellites!!! ottovonrotton   11/01/09 07:33 PM Nov 3rd = 3 New Satellites Michael A. Earl   11/05/09 12:48 PM Re: Nov 7th = 2 New Satellites Michael A. Earl   11/07/09 08:51 PM Re: Nov 8th = 2 New Satellites Michael A. Earl   11/09/09 01:14 PM Over 10,000 Hits? Cool! Michael A. Earl   11/11/09 04:57 PM Re: Over 10,000 Hits? Cool! Dave Mitsky   11/12/09 12:50 AM Nov 10th = 5 New Satellites Michael A. Earl   11/13/09 04:47 AM 3,100 Satellites Reached! Michael A. Earl   11/15/09 05:30 PM Nov 16th = 4 New Satellites Michael A. Earl   11/17/09 12:58 AM Re: Nov 17th = 5 New Satellites Michael A. Earl   11/18/09 01:54 PM Re: Nov 18th =10 New Satellites Michael A. Earl   11/18/09 11:46 PM Re: 2,146 Satellites PSS   08/23/09 03:11 AM August 25: 17 New Satellites Michael A. Earl   08/26/09 01:16 AM 2,800 Satellite Mark Breached! Michael A. Earl   08/29/09 03:46 PM August 31: 11 New Satellites Michael A. Earl   09/01/09 12:40 PM 137 Satellites in August Michael A. Earl   09/01/09 12:45 PM Sept 1st = 10 New Satellites Michael A. Earl   09/02/09 02:19 PM Re: Sept 2nd = 10 New Satellites Michael A. Earl   09/03/09 02:09 PM Sept 3rd = 9 New Satellites Michael A. Earl   09/04/09 12:44 PM Sept 4th = 9 New Satellites Michael A. Earl   09/05/09 01:59 PM Re: Sept 5th = 9 New Satellites Michael A. Earl   09/06/09 12:17 PM Sept 6th = 10 New Satellites Michael A. Earl   09/07/09 02:11 PM Re: Sept 7th = 8 New Satellites Michael A. Earl   09/09/09 02:04 PM 2,900 Satellite Mark Imminent Michael A. Earl   09/10/09 01:41 PM Re: 2,900 Satellite Mark Imminent ottovonrotton   09/16/09 07:45 PM 2,900 Satellite Mark Breached!!! Michael A. Earl   09/17/09 06:50 PM September 13 = 10 New Satellites Michael A. Earl   09/20/09 07:06 PM September 14 = 5 New Satellites Michael A. Earl   09/21/09 10:07 PM September 16-17 = 62 Satellites Michael A. Earl   09/23/09 11:53 AM Final Satellites: Before October 31 Michael A. Earl   09/26/09 10:04 AM Oct 2 = 16 New Satellites Michael A. Earl   10/04/09 04:00 PM Re: 2,146 Satellites Michael A. Earl   02/10/09 06:21 PM Re: 2,153 Satellites Michael A. Earl   02/13/09 11:04 PM Re: 2,168 Satellites Michael A. Earl   02/18/09 05:23 PM 1 Satellite Tonight Michael A. Earl   02/26/09 09:02 PM Re: 1 Satellite Tonight Glassthrower   02/27/09 12:42 PM Re: 1 Satellite Tonight Michael A. Earl   02/27/09 04:31 PM Feb 28: 10 New Sats Michael A. Earl   02/28/09 11:39 PM Re: Mar 1: 8 New Sats Michael A. Earl   03/02/09 01:02 AM Re: 4 Sats Away from 2,200 Michael A. Earl   03/04/09 01:25 PM Re: Satellite Count: 2,205 Michael A. Earl   03/06/09 10:24 AM Re: Satellite Count: 2,205 Michael A. Earl   03/10/09 07:14 PM Re: 2,212 Satellites Michael A. Earl   03/11/09 11:55 PM Re: 2,223 Satellites Michael A. Earl   03/13/09 12:42 AM Re: 2,223 Satellites Glassthrower   03/14/09 12:46 PM Re: 2,228 Satellites Michael A. Earl   03/15/09 11:58 AM One more Satellite Last Night Michael A. Earl   03/16/09 11:52 AM Re: 8 More Satellites Michael A. Earl   03/18/09 01:24 PM Re: Iridium 33 Debris Detected Michael A. Earl   03/21/09 02:54 PM Re: 12 New Satellites Tonight Michael A. Earl   03/23/09 11:30 AM Re: 218 Satellites So Far Michael A. Earl   03/26/09 07:25 PM Re: Some Rest After an Amazing Month Michael A. Earl   03/30/09 12:03 AM Re: Some Rest After an Amazing Month Mike28   03/30/09 06:21 PM One More Stab at March? Michael A. Earl   03/30/09 11:53 PM Re: One More Stab at March? Mike28   03/31/09 03:20 PM 16 Satellites on March 31 Michael A. Earl   04/01/09 03:55 PM One satellite on April 5th Michael A. Earl   04/06/09 02:03 PM Re: 2,300 Mark Breached Michael A. Earl   04/14/09 02:35 AM Re: 2,300 Mark Breached d1anderson   04/14/09 09:22 AM Re: 2,300 Mark Breached Michael A. Earl   04/14/09 10:59 AM Re: 2,318 Satellites Michael A. Earl   04/15/09 01:44 PM Re: 2,327 Satellites Michael A. Earl   04/17/09 03:02 PM Re: 2,343 Satellites Michael A. Earl   04/20/09 01:15 PM Re: 2,400 Satellites Imminent Michael A. Earl   04/24/09 01:54 PM 9 Sats Away from 2,400 Michael A. Earl   04/29/09 03:42 PM Re: 9 Sats Away from 2,400 DrBuck   04/30/09 12:50 PM Re: 9 Sats Away from 2,400 Michael A. Earl   04/30/09 01:20 PM Re: 9 Sats Away from 2,400 DrBuck   04/30/09 01:31 PM Re: 2,400 Mark Breached! Michael A. Earl   04/30/09 01:40 PM Re: 2,400 Mark Breached! DrBuck   04/30/09 01:43 PM Re: 2,400 Mark Breached! Michael A. Earl   04/30/09 02:03 PM 122 Satellites in April Michael A. Earl   05/06/09 12:38 PM Re: 122 Satellites in April DrBuck   05/07/09 11:48 AM Re: 122 Satellites in April Michael A. Earl   05/07/09 12:10 PM Re: Finally, Satellites in May! Michael A. Earl   05/11/09 03:28 PM Re: Finally, Satellites in May! ido   05/11/09 06:37 PM Re: Finally, Satellites in May! Michael A. Earl   05/12/09 02:55 PM May 11th: 19 Satellites Michael A. Earl   05/12/09 06:56 PM Re: May 11th: 19 Satellites ido   05/13/09 12:55 AM Re: May 11th: 19 Satellites Michael A. Earl   05/14/09 10:44 AM Re: May 12th: 28 Satellites Michael A. Earl   05/14/09 10:52 AM 22 Satellites Until 2,500 Michael A. Earl   05/16/09 12:46 AM Re: 7 Satellites Until 2,500 Michael A. Earl   05/19/09 07:18 PM 2,500 Satellites Breached!!! Michael A. Earl   05/23/09 05:47 PM 11 New Satellites Michael A. Earl   05/26/09 09:57 PM 130 Satellites in May! Michael A. Earl   06/01/09 12:58 PM Re: 130 Satellites in May! jfsiteings   06/05/09 08:08 PM 35 Satellites on June 5th Michael A. Earl   06/07/09 02:56 PM Cleaning up the Catalogue Michael A. Earl   06/13/09 01:55 PM Catalogue Now has 2,575 Satellites Michael A. Earl   06/21/09 01:08 PM Starting Up Again Soon Michael A. Earl   07/01/09 09:33 PM 5 New Satellites Michael A. Earl   07/05/09 12:57 PM 2,600 Satellite Mark Breached Michael A. Earl   07/11/09 01:13 PM July 14: 11 Satellites Michael A. Earl   07/15/09 06:15 PM July 18: Another 11 Satellites Michael A. Earl   07/19/09 05:15 PM Re: July 18: Another 11 Satellites ottovonrotton   07/20/09 12:05 PM Re: July 18: Another 11 Satellites Michael A. Earl   07/22/09 11:44 AM 400 Satellites Left Michael A. Earl   07/22/09 11:45 AM 31 Satellites on July 31 Michael A. Earl   08/01/09 11:07 PM 2,700 Satellite Mark Reached!!! Michael A. Earl   08/08/09 11:26 PM 4 Days = 59 New Satellites! Michael A. Earl   08/17/09 12:06 AM 14 New Satellites Michael A. Earl   08/19/09 03:22 PM July 19: 18 New Satellites Michael A. Earl   07/20/09 05:40 PM Re: Catalogue Now has 2,576 Satellites Michael A. Earl   06/21/09 04:25 PM 2,400 Mark Breached Michael A. Earl   04/30/09 01:29 PM Extra information 0 registered and 0 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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