The first two pieces were the two halves of the payload fairing. The second two were the two halve rings around the Centaur of the Forward Load Reactor, supporting the fairing during launch. Curtisy Spaceflight Now Greetings and clear, dark skies Leo Barhorst, Medemblik NL Cospar 4252 52.76350 N 5.09114 E 2 m ASL http://www.satlist.nl/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Lee" <ronlee@pcisys.net> To: <seesat-l@satobs.org> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 8:29 PM Subject: Re: New Horizons launch at 019/19:00:00 > At 12:02 PM 1/19/2006, you wrote: >>the subject says it all. > > Actually it does not. This is the first time that I have seen payload > shroud > (nose cone) separation from the ground-based optical system. There were > actually four pieces seen. Two at first then very soon thereafter two > more. > > Now if we could just see the Centaur burns, STAR burn and payload ejection > it would be ideal. > > Ron Lee > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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