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Keywords

space vehicles
telescopes

How to Cite

First ISON observations for satellite conjunction analysis in the Western Hemisphere. (2018). Revista Mexicana De Astrofísica Y Astronomía Serie De Conferencias, 50, 36-37. https://astronomia.unam.mx/journals/rmxac/article/view/2018rmxac..50...36z
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Abstract

In this paper we report on observations of a pair of approaching space objects in the beginning of June 2016, observed jointly by the Tarija Observatory in Bolivia and the Mexican observatory of Sinaloa University in Cosala in the context of the ISON collaboration. These objects were the STAR ONE C1 (2007-056A) active satellite in GEO position 65\ deg west, and the passive satellite LES 6 (1968-081D). The large number of measurements obtained in a few nights allowed a precise orbit reconstruction. The passive satellite LES 6 (with a brigtness amplitude variation of 3 magnitudes) was too faint for the small aperture of the Cosala telescope.