BWGS (Belgian Working Group Satellites) PPAS observation program (POP) Satellites displaying periodically varying brightness. Last updated 2009-12-01. The following columns are used: - p priority for observation: - object international designator 1 is high, 3 is low it is based on rapid change of flash period and or rapid change of orbit (for GTO Centaurs for example) 3 is the initial priority 1 is the priority in case of - accelerating objects - objects with an unexpected behaviour 2 more attention requested 3 standard priority * priority change w.r.t. previous version of this file + object added - object is "Steady" and will be removed in next issue ? object might be added when the variable character has been confirmed dec: object has decayed (it will be removed in next issue) - cn USSTRATCOM catalog number - name Popular name taken from the most recent Satellite Situation Report - fp reported flash period - date date of observation associated with last flash period - obs observer who reported the last flash period p object cn name fp date obs 3 1963-014A 00574 MIDAS 6 (FTV 1169) 18.8 2008-06-11 BD 9.13 2009-05-17 BD 3 1963-030A 00622 MIDAS 7 / ERS 10 32.9 2007-03-15 BD 62.9 2008-04-08 BD 80.8 2009-09-22 BD 3 1963-047A 00694 ATLAS CENTAUR 2 R/B 77 2007-04-01 AR 79 2007-09-15 AR 89 2009-01-31 BY 3 1963-047G 00701 ATLAS CENTAUR 2 DEB 3.74 2007-11-26 AR 3.75 2008-01-23 AR 3.99 2009-02-28 AR 3 1964-051B 00871 SCOUT X-4 R/B 3 2007-05-05 BD 7 2007-08-21 BY 27.1 2008-11-04 BY 3 1965-008A 01001 TITAN 3A (TRUSS) 20.51 2007-03-09 AR 9.29 2009-03-08 AR 8.7 2009-05-31 BD 7.8 2009-10-04 AR 3 1965-034A 01359 TITAN 3A TRANSTAGE R/B 4.57 2007-04-22 BD 2.169 2007-11-07 AR 2.347 2008-10-12 AR 2.6 2009-09-29 AR 3 1965-065C 01510 DODECAPOLE 2 1.67 2007-04-15 LB 18.5 2009-04-22 BD 3 1969-069B 04069 ATLAS CENTAUR R/B 8.99 2007-04-07 BY 8.97 2008-11-05 AR 9.02 2008-12-22 AR 2 1969-070B 04071 SL-8 R/B 25 2008-07-11 EC 3 1971-006B 04882 ATLAS CENTAUR R/B 5.97 2007-11-20 BY 5.95 2009-04-14 AR 3 1971-116B 06779 ATLAS CENTAUR R/B 9.45 2007-04-04 BY 9.51 2007-05-20 BY 9.5 2009-01-15 AR 3 1972-003B 05816 ATLAS CENTAUR R/B 1.58 2007-03-14 BY 1.602 2007-11-11 AR 1.61 2008-11-07 AR 2 1972-041B 06058 ATLAS CENTAUR R/B 44.3 2007-03-28 BY 8.1 2008-11-23 BY 5.69 2008-12-20 AR 3 1973-054A 06787 OPS 8364 (DMSP 4) 19.3 2007-10-19 BY 15.1 2007-10-25 BY 19.8 2007-11-23 BD 3 1973-058B 06797 ATLAS CENTAUR R/B 3.39 2007-03-01 BY 3.41 2007-09-28 AR 3.418 2007-12-27 AR 2 1973-107B 07004 SL-8 R/B 6.6 2008-07-05 MM 3.1 2009-04-22 BD 4.12 2009-08-23 BD 3 1974-089A 07529 NOAA 4 15.9 2007-11-26 AR 38.1 2008-12-19 AR 38 2009-01-04 AR 3 1975-091B 08331 ATLAS CENTAUR R/B 8.465 2007-03-13 AR 8.49 2007-05-20 BY 8.55 2008-12-08 AR 3 1975-123D 08546 SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) 3.37 2007-09-02 BY 4.29 2008-10-31 BY 3 1976-019A 08709 UME 1 (ISS 1) 6 2007-03-09 LB 5.97 2007-04-07 LB 4.87 2007-10-19 BY 6.68 2008-05-29 BY 3 1976-073B 09329 ATLAS CENTAUR R/B 22.5 2007-03-22 BY 22.98 2007-12-12 AR 22.9 2008-04-06 AR 3 1977-041B 10025 ATLAS CENTAUR R/B 5.9 2007-06-09 BY 5.65 2007-07-19 BY 5.65 2008-05-03 BY 5.69 2009-02-05 BY 3 1977-044A 10033 OPS 5644 1.38 2007-10-26 BY 2.28 2008-10-25 BY 5.68 2009-09-13 BD 3 1978-018B 10675 N-1 R/B 4.12 2007-10-17 BD 4.36 2008-07-24 BY 4.35 2009-10-04 AR 3 1978-035B 10779 ATLAS CENTAUR R/B 4.81 2007-07-19 BY 4.83 2007-10-14 LB 4.86 2008-12-20 AR 3 1978-068B 10976 ATLAS CENTAUR R/B 5.6 2007-03-02 BY 5.28 2009-04-01 BY 2 1978-096A 11060 TIROS N 2.12 2007-07-07 BY 6.4 2007-10-23 BD 1.49 2009-06-13 BY 3 1979-050A 11389 OPS 5390 9.82 2007-05-14 BY 14.7 2007-09-02 BY 21 2008-05-17 BY 3 1979-057A 11416 NOAA 6 10.7 2007-03-26 LB 4.54 2007-12-19 BY 8.57 2009-02-28 AR 8.55 2009-11-24 BY 3 1980-087B 12069 ATLAS CENTAUR R/B 17.8 2007-07-26 BY 18.6 2008-07-24 BY 24.01 2009-10-24 BY 3 1980-098B 12445 ATLAS CENTAUR R/B 18.69 2007-03-18 BY 19.23 2008-01-13 AR 19.6 2009-06-24 BD 3 1981-050B 12497 ATLAS CENTAUR R/B 8.713 2007-03-09 AR 8.77 2007-07-19 BY 9.18 2008-07-18 AR 9.5 2009-07-24 BY 3 1981-059A 12553 NOAA 7 11.86 2007-03-10 LB 17.1 2008-05-05 BD 29.3 2009-08-05 BD 3 1981-119B 13007 ATLAS CENTAUR R/B 10.467 2007-11-03 AR 10.88 2008-07-05 BY 11.72 2009-10-16 AR 3 1982-118A 13736 OPS 9845 (DMSP 5D-2 F6) 16.8 2007-03-12 LB 22.6 2008-10-17 BY 31.9 2009-10-18 BY 2 1983-004A 13777 IRAS 37.7 2007-04-06 LB 19.5 2007-10-07 LB 45.2 2008-10-09 BY 39.2 2009-11-06 BY 3 1983-022A 13923 NOAA 8 4.25 2007-03-08 BD 11.8 2007-10-17 BD 11.5 2008-10-09 BY 18.78 2009-10-03 AR 3 1984-065C 15071 USA 3 1.54 2007-07-04 BY 6.7 2009-05-08 BD 7.08 2009-06-05 BY 3 1985-055B 15874 ATLAS CENTAUR R/B 9.96 2007-03-17 BY 10.06 2008-06-10 AR 10.13 2009-02-14 AR 1 1985-079B 16012 SL-8 R/B 15.1 2007-04-06 LB 12.7 2009-06-23 BD 14.1 2009-08-22 BD 11.48 2009-11-19 BY 3 1985-087B 16102 ATLAS CENTAUR R/B 4.682 2007-03-13 AR 4.01 2007-04-29 BY 4.87 2009-01-04 BY 2 1985-094G 16144 SL-14 R/B 15.9 2007-04-08 LB 16.9 2009-04-22 BD 14.46 2009-05-08 BY 3 1986-073A 16969 NOAA 10 29.2 2007-11-21 BD 17 2008-11-02 BY 6.39 2009-09-28 AR 3 1987-011A 17369 KOSMOS 1818 13.54 2007-03-10 LB 15.5 2008-02-17 BD 17.5 2009-02-28 AR 3 1987-060A 18187 KOSMOS 1867 12.9 2007-04-15 LB 14.5 2008-05-11 BY 16.3 2009-09-05 BD 2 1987-074G 18340 SL-14 R/B 39.3 2007-04-07 LB 31.6 2007-05-14 BY 30.1 2009-05-17 BD 3 1988-006A 18822 DMSP 5D-2 F9 (USA 29) 17.22 2007-04-22 BD 22.7 2008-11-24 BY 32 2009-10-21 BY 3 1988-078A 19460 USA 32 0.46 2007-06-03 BY 1.36 2008-01-31 BY 1.22 2009-01-12 BY 3 1988-089A 19531 NOAA 11 2.35 2007-04-06 LB 9.21 2007-05-01 LB 6.7 2008-07-24 BD 13.6 2009-08-19 BD 3 1989-004A 19765 GORIZONT 17 62.1 2007-08-08 MM 29.9 2008-07-01 BY 66.8 2009-11-26 JN 3 1989-041A 20040 SUPERBIRD A 21.9 2007-08-03 BY 10.9 2008-02-17 JDG 11 2009-02-17 KF 3 1989-048A 20083 RADUGA 1-1 77 2007-06-27 KF 84 2008-01-03 KF 3 1989-089A 20322 COBE 16 2007-03-15 BD 7.58 2009-11-29 BY 3 1990-001A 20401 SKYNET 4A 228 2008-01-13 KF 351 2008-09-11 KF 562 2009-07-20 KF 3 1990-017B 20509 SL-8 R/B 6.51 2007-08-16 BY 11.11 2009-07-25 BD 11.71 2009-08-19 BD 12.2 2009-09-05 BD 2 1991-029B 21231 SL-8 R/B 74 2007-11-28 BY 63 2009-06-22 BD 73 2009-07-31 BY 34 2009-08-03 BY 2 1991-032A 21263 NOAA 12 1.54 2008-11-05 BY 1.76 2008-12-06 BY 8.5 2009-02-09 AR 6.1 2009-11-16 BD 2 1991-039A 21397 OKEAN 3 16.3 2008-07-24 BD 19.9 2009-05-24 BD 21 2009-09-22 BD 3 1992-013B 21907 ATLAS 1 CENTAUR R/B 19.3 2007-03-17 BY 19.3 2008-01-24 AR 19.5 2009-07-18 BY 3 1992-043A 22041 GORIZONT 26 86 2007-06-12 KF 83.36 2007-09-22 BY 76.26 2009-11-06 BY 3 1992-052A 22076 TOPEX/POSEIDON 13.1 2007-06-03 BY 19.98 2009-08-05 BD 19.81 2009-09-01 BY 9.76 2009-10-24 BY 3 1992-057A 22096 SATCOM C4 178 2007-10-22 KF 168 2008-03-25 KF 151 2009-10-02 KF 3 1992-073B 22208 SL-8 R/B 34.8 2007-03-08 BD 36.9 2009-05-24 BD 19.4 2009-06-12 BY 45.6 2009-08-23 BD 2 1993-050A 22739 NOAA 13 28.3 2007-04-07 LB 11.14 2009-03-26 AR 10.2 2009-05-17 BD 9.08 2009-08-31 BD 3 1993-056B 22788 ATLAS 1 CENTAUR R/B(1) 10.04 2007-04-05 AR 10.78 2008-04-30 AR 11.31 2009-03-07 AR 3 1994-047A 23192 DIRECTV 2 (DBS 2) 138 2007-11-04 KF 144 2008-01-03 KF 195 2009-01-06 KF 220 2009-05-15 KF 3 1994-056A 23230 ETS 6 8.58 2007-03-15 BY 8.77 2008-02-13 BY 9.3 2009-05-24 BY 3 1994-061A 23278 KOSMOS 2292 17.6 2007-03-11 BD 16.4 2007-09-07 BD 12.4 2008-12-22 AR 2 1994-089A 23455 NOAA 14 15.32 2007-08-05 BD 16.88 2008-07-09 AR 13.6 2009-03-26 AR 17.9 2009-09-05 BD 2 1995-027B 23590 ATLAS 2 CENTAUR R/B 23.2 2008-03-10 BY 20.6 2008-10-01 AR 20.37 2008-11-09 AR 3 1996-005A 23775 GORIZONT 31 87 2007-06-18 KF 86 2008-03-06 KF 90 2009-09-01 KF 3 1996-029D 23862 USA 122 24.5 2007-05-19 BD 44.4 2009-05-08 BD 39.8 2009-07-25 BD 49.9 2009-08-23 BD 2 1997-030A 24836 IRIDIUM 914 30.9 2007-03-11 BD 18.5 2008-08-01 BY 10.03 2009-01-04 BY 8.8 2009-08-01 BY 3 1997-030G 24842 IRIDIUM 911 9.48 2007-07-11 BY 5.64 2008-08-23 BY 13.8 2009-04-25 BY 3 1997-034C 24871 IRIDIUM 920 1.48 2007-04-06 LB 1.663 2009-05-15 BY 1.68 2009-07-25 BD 1.67 2009-09-26 AR 2 1997-051C 24946 IRIDIUM 33 5 2009-03-16 BY 4.66 2009-03-21 ML 2 1997-082B 25105 IRIDIUM 24 16.6 2007-04-30 LB 17 2008-06-03 BY 10.9 2009-02-16 BY 3 1998-037B 25372 ATLAS 2AS CENTAUR R/B 9.64 2007-05-10 AR 10.74 2008-04-28 BY 10.69 2009-01-19 BY 11.96 2009-05-08 BY 3 1998-058B 25502 ATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B 8.26 2007-12-28 AR 8.31 2008-02-18 BY 14.23 2008-08-09 BY 3 1999-004A 25621 GLOBALSTAR M023 5.7 2007-04-06 AR 2.81 2007-04-21 BD 3.03 2008-07-06 AR 3.3 2009-09-29 AR 3 1999-023B 25725 TITAN 4B CENTAUR R/B 6.9 2007-04-22 BD 3.61 2007-08-06 BD 4.22 2008-07-15 BY 4.99 2009-07-25 BD 2 1999-028C 25746 USA 144 DEB 91 2007-04-22 BD 69.7 2008-07-04 TJM 78 2009-09-01 BY 62.6 2009-11-19 TJM 77 2009-11-29 BY 3 1999-057A 25940 CBERS 1 1.36 2007-04-29 MM 7.35 2008-12-22 AR 7.64 2009-01-16 AR 7.91 2009-02-13 AR 1 2000-025C 26362 NAVSTAR 47 R/B(PAM-D) 3.51 2007-08-07 BY 7.7 2008-06-12 BY 8.8 2008-12-12 BY 8.3 2009-11-29 BY 2 2000-033D 26387 SL-8 R/B 4.61 2007-11-09 BY 9.91 2009-02-03 BY 10.3 2009-03-15 AR 17.9 2009-08-08 BY 3 2000-050A 26481 JB-3 A 9.14 2007-08-12 BY 7.89 2008-03-11 BY 7.6 2008-04-20 BY 7.5 2009-01-17 BY 2 2001-007A 26702 ODIN 22.2 2007-10-24 BY 12.6 2008-11-23 BY 18.5 2009-01-14 BY 16.5 2009-10-28 BY 3 2001-040B 26906 ATLAS 2AS CENTAUR R/B 24.5 2007-08-01 BD 66 2008-06-11 BD 88 2009-11-28 BY 3 2002-024A 27430 HAIYANG 1 20.9 2007-05-03 BD 11 2009-04-29 BY 29 2009-06-12 BY 20.2 2009-07-07 BY 3 2002-036C 27466 SL-8 R/B 14.08 2007-04-07 LB 3.66 2009-03-21 AR 3.73 2009-06-13 BD 4.242 2009-08-31 BY 3 2002-046B 27535 SL-8 R/B 90 2007-03-22 LB 6.24 2009-03-23 AR 7.93 2009-06-23 BD 10.35 2009-10-04 AR 3 2002-049A 27550 JB-3 B 28 2007-08-11 BY 14.87 2009-03-26 AR 7.49 2009-04-25 BY 11 2009-05-08 BY 3 2002-054C 27561 RUBIN 3/SL-8 4.4 2007-04-06 LB 10.06 2008-10-09 AR 10.5 2009-03-25 AR 13.82 2009-10-16 AR 3 2003-049A 28057 CBERS 2 25.2 2009-03-31 BD 7.22 2009-07-09 BY 7.6 2009-08-22 BD 7.69 2009-09-05 BD 3 2003-052B 28083 CZ-3A R/B 86.7 2007-07-28 BY 161 2007-08-23 BY 127 2007-09-03 BY 186 2008-07-19 BY 1 2003-054B 28096 ATLAS 2AS CENTAUR R/B 25.4 2007-04-21 BD 35.5 2009-01-23 BY 34.9 2009-06-21 BY 27.5 2009-11-28 BY 3 2004-015A 28234 EXPRESS AM-11 96 2007-03-19 KF 203 2007-06-07 KF 123 2009-04-14 BY 118 2009-10-26 KF 2 2004-034B 28385 ATLAS CENTAUR R/B 4.84 2007-03-14 BD 3.25 2007-04-23 BY 4.75 2008-11-20 BY 4.73 2009-09-05 BD 3 2005-004B 28538 ATLAS 3B CENTAUR R/B 5 2007-03-08 BD 7.81 2009-06-01 BD 8.05 2009-08-22 BD 8.144 2009-09-26 BD 3 2005-043G 28898 MOZ.5/SAFIR/RUBIN 5/SL-8 29 2007-04-21 BD 39.1 2007-07-31 BD 52.1 2008-07-13 BD 50 2009-08-03 BD 3 2005-048C 28910 SL-8 R/B 8.49 2007-03-14 BD 7.87 2008-08-13 BD 13.67 2009-04-28 BD 18.22 2009-08-31 BD 3 2006-006B 28944 BREEZE-M R/B 0.92 2008-02-02 BY 0.95 2008-07-22 BD 1.032 2008-11-16 BY 3 2006-048B 29517 CZ-3 R/B 2 2008-03-10 BY 2.204 2008-04-19 BY 2.38 2009-05-31 BD 2 2006-060B 29659 SL-8 R/B 84 2007-10-14 LB 103 2008-06-21 BY 47 2009-06-22 BD 3 2007-005E 30590 H-2A DEB 7 2007-04-10 RE 13.5 2008-07-24 BD 14.9 2009-08-05 BD 3 2007-005F 30591 H-2A DEB 6 2007-04-10 RE 19.3 2008-07-24 BD 37.3 2009-06-23 BD 3 2007-006G 30778 ATLAS 5 CENTAUR R/B 7 2007-03-16 EC 9.48 2009-01-11 AR 9.65 2009-07-20 BY 10.33 2009-11-05 BY 3 2007-012G 31123 SL-24 R/B 4.7 2007-04-18 BD 10.95 2007-08-18 AR 12.2 2009-01-04 AR 1 2007-027B 31702 ATLAS 5 CENTAUR R/B 92.1 2007-08-04 LB 38.8 2009-05-08 BD 38.71 2009-08-04 BD 33.7 2009-11-28 BY 3 2007-053B 32284 SL-8 R/B 1.9 2007-11-12 BD 14.9 2008-08-25 BY 17.8 2008-09-16 BY 3 2008-014B 32751 SL-8 R/B 3.96 2008-03-31 BD 3.32 2008-07-14 BY 3.79 2008-07-29 AR 14.8 2008-08-30 LB 3 2008-021K 32792 RUBIN 8/PSLV 6.99 2008-05-10 BY 8.4 2008-07-24 AR 15.9 2009-03-26 AR 30 2009-09-22 BD 3 2008-036B 33245 SL-8 R/B 0.568 2008-08-09 BY 1.86 2009-04-22 BD 2.65 2009-06-21 BY 3.84 2009-08-19 BD 3 2009-021B 34840 CZ-2C R/B 10.8 2009-04-22 BD 16.2 2009-05-24 BD 23 2009-06-23 BD 2 2009-036D 35501 SL-19 R/B 9.25 2009-08-06 BY 0.77 2009-09-05 BD 0.72 2009-09-28 BY 1 2009-039B 35636 STERKH 29.7 2009-10-24 BY 3 2009-041G 35687 SL-24 DEB 11.9 2009-08-03 BD 17 2009-08-19 BD 3 2009-041H 35688 SL-24 R/B 10.96 2009-08-03 BD 10.99 2009-08-04 BD 11.6 2009-08-23 BD 3 2009-043C 35754 DELTA 2 R/B(2) 8.8 2009-11-23 BY