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TSDR CCN activities

Daniel Kastinen Tom Grydeland
Juha Vierinen Johan Kero

KOSMOS-1408

  • Low Earth orbit (perigee 465 km)
  • 82.60° inclination
  • 1,750 kg
  • Destroyed 15 November 2021
  • EISCAT UHF and ESR beampark campaigns
    • 2021-15-[19, 23, 25, 29]
    • 2022-04-05
EISCAT UHF ESR 32m ESR 42m
Location 69°35′N, 19°14′E 78°9′N, 16°1′E
Diam 32 m 32 m 42 m
Gain 48.1 dB 42.5 dB 45.0 dB
Frequency 927.5 MHz 500 MHz
Size cut-off 6 cm 11 cm
NED1000 km 1 cm 2 cm 1.7 cm
Pointing any any fixed

Observations

Correlation

Size estimation

Orbit determination

Methods

  • Initial estimate (lambert, circular, ...)
  • Posterior peak LSQ
  • Posterior MCMC

EISCAT UHF + ESR

Peak at paper