Hi all Yesterday in late twilight near 20:07 UT I observed the Dragon CRS-3 chasing the ISS by about one minute, and also a 3rd object related to the Dragon launch, 2013-022C/39682, a few minutes earlier. The Dragon was well visible at about mag. +1.5 at a max elevation of 26 degrees. The latter passed some 3-4 minutes in front of ISS and Dragon and was slowly alternating between mag +3.5 and invisibility. Images and a video can be seen here: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.nl/2014/04/the-spacex-dragon-crs-3-iss-and-piece.html Any thoughts on what 2014-022C is? The Dragon nose cone? One of the solar panel covers? One of the nanosat dispensers? - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam_at_langbroek.org Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL Cospar 4355 (Cronesteyn): 52.13878 N, 4.49937 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com Twitter: @Marco_Langbroek ----- _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Sun Apr 20 2014 - 08:21:11 UTC
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