On 1/20/06, chiayk <chiayk1@singnet.com.sg> wrote: > > 7) 19:51 UT - In bed ... I heard my wrist watch alarm went > off and 'imagined' that the rocket was sailing quietly pass the > Southern Cross...and headed SE - and out of reach from my south- facing > window..... I'm really glad that the NH launch went off successfully(!). I hope the spaceship stays in good electronic health for the nine+ years it will take to reach Pluto. For that matter, I hope that >I< will last long enough to see the photos it will send back. If I do, I'll be just over 69 when NH flies by that planet. Meanwhile, Space Track has added 3 new objects to the catalogue: 28928, 28929, and 28930, for the NH spacecraft, the Centaur second stage, and the Star-48B third stage, respectively. I understand the Centaur will go into heliocentric orbit with an aphelion somewhere in the asteroid belt, while the Star-48B will head out of the solar system entirely, although in a different direction from the NH spacecraft. And whatever happened to object 28927? There's no catalogue entry for that number yet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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