USA 4 flares brightly in Andromeda

Night vision filming of satellite USA 4 15226U 1984-091A producing bright flares as it slowly orbits across Andromeda.
Eleven minutes played back in realtime.
USA 4 is a 15th magnitude Satellite, It orbits the Earth every 12.0 hours at altitudes between 20168 and 37614 km. It was launched in 1984, and NORAD assigned it tracking number 15226. It is a military satellite.
Name(s) USA 4
NORAD Number 15226
Designation 1984-091A
Category Military
Launch Date 1984 Aug 28
Launch Site Vandenberg Air Force Base,
California, USA
United States of America
Source/Country
Visual Magnitude +15.8
Distance 10460 km
6499 mi

Description of my home built setups include -
The main camera, an EX military L4A1 battlefield surveillance telescope (F350mm) with a built in P8079HP image intensifier, coupled to a Canon 60D camera, field of view approx 6.08 deg x 3.44 deg.
Wide field of view-Canon Rebel T3i + P8079HP intensifier through a 50mm lens piggy backed to the L4A1.
Photos - https://www.instagram.com/p/Br4-gTwhppN/
Canon 1300D full spectrum conversion, 55-250 mm lens
Canon 60D + Meade ETX90
Canon 60D + Meade LX90
Satellites have been identified with Orbitrack, the total number recorded and identified to date is 980

© Music, ambient sounds and atmospherics created by déjà vu

Please check out my second channel “dreamscape” for videos unrelated to night vision.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB2UnmTfnTOj95npOrfZedA .

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dejavunightvision

Видео USA 4 flares brightly in Andromeda канала déjà vu