Hello Everyone. Three straight Shuttle launches. I must be on a roll. Observing Site: Carrs Mill --- 39.3183N, 77.0338W, 100m ALS Conditions: Haze, Partly Cloudy First at 23:05 UTC the ISS was observed at about a -1 mag passing R->L above Sirius (Az 135, El 20 deg). There was enough ambient light that the copper color was not obvious. Goddard Amateur Radio Club is having a problem with their feeds from the shuttle. This rendered the scanner useless for launch info. A quick call home confirmed that the shuttle had launched 2 minutes late at 23:13 UTC. It's really nice to have the actual launch time when observing conditions are marginal. At 23:18:30 I acquired the Shuttle low in the SE at about a +1 Mag. As it passed through the clear parts of the sky it was as bright as Sirius. I believe that I observer the "throttle back" at 23:19. AT 23:21:30 MECO ended the show. It was much too hazy to see the External Fuel Tank separation burns. Cheers, Don Gardner 39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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