SpaceflightNow.com has an update on the January 21 launch, saying the launch window is 16:25-20:25 EST (add five hours for UTC/GMT). I've figured out that, unfortunately, by the time of spacecraft separation and the expected fuel dump, the waning gibbous Moon will have risen. It was kindly pointed out to me that I goofed the other day with respect to the "2001 Milstar" -- it was 2002! In looking around some more, I recalled Daniel Deak's drawings of Delta depletion burns. It's a different type of event but in some sense kind of similar in nebulous appearance: http://satobs.org/seesat/Aug-1999/0223.html http://satobs.org/seesat/Feb-2000/0171.html In looking for Dan's drawings, I just found (somehow missed it before) that the Nov. 7/8, 1997, event was photographed by Martin Morin of Quebec, and an article by him in French with some photos is at this location: http://www.caas.sherbrooke.qc.ca/cgi-cs/cs.waframe.content?click=17183&lang=1 Earlier tonight I was able to see Milstar 3 Centaur easily from outside my office without binoculars. HST did a nice pass before that. Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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