Launch; Orion 3 etc.

From: Mark Hanning-Lee (mhanning-lee@syagen.com)
Date: Sat Jul 08 2000 - 19:15:22 PDT

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Yes, it was a good view from Tustin Orange County CA.

Brightening rocket exhaust; at one point a shell of greater brightness
expanded moving through the rest of the launch cloud. The cloud faded
out leaving a roughly cylindrical shape of a lovely blue along the axis.
Blue color slowly deepened & faded.

Thanks to Rob for prompting me to look at Orion 3! Short flashes to
negative magnitude! Interval between 2 flashes was 22.0 s; I didn't time
a series. Its predicted magnitude on this pass was 4.2; that's bright
enough for Heavens-Above to predict ..., so that really helps predict
its passes. Well worth looking at.

Also saw 22285 SL-16 R/B, 25407 SL-16 R/B, 25860 Okean-O and flare from
Ir50.

Best, Mark
lat 33.729 long -117.822 altitude est. 34 m

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