Hi Art, I'm glad to hear many people got to see the fuel dump! Many thanks for sharing these images and videos. The one with Orion really gives a sense of size and brightness. While fuel dumps occur on most launches, they predominantly occur at low altitudes, either for payloads inserted into low Earth orbit or into geostationary transfor orbit. Hence, they are rarely visible from a given location, and if so the location of the Sun will be crucial to have the observer in darkness but the rocket in sunlight. In September 2021 I managed to observe my first fuel dump with the LandSat 9 launch, which was a very impressive sight. As that event was also somewhat predictable, I didn't share it with others as I wasn't sure if it would be visible. Afterwards I regretted that decision, and hence for the GSSAP launch, for which the fuel dump was quite predictable, I decided to share it widely. I'll keep an eye out for any future launches that may be visible. Regards, Cees _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Tue Jan 25 2022 - 03:28:27 UTC
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