Frank E. Reed wrote: >The shuttle was plainly visible as an elongated object >and was accompanied by a second object about two magnitudes fainter. The >separation was several minutes of arc and the second object was oriented more >or less perpendicular to the direction of motion as the shuttle passed nearly >overhead. Even under optimistic assumptions the apparent angular separation between the shuttle and the radar antenna is below 1 minute of arc, but it is not easy at all to estimate such small distances. It is not surprising that the mast itself could not be seen because it is made of carbon fibre reinforced plastic. This is then the only observation reported of the antenna. Congratulations! Bruno Tilgner Paris, France ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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