Starshine 3 obs

From: Daniel Deak (dan.deak@sympatico.ca)
Date: Fri Jul 19 2002 - 01:16:09 EDT

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    Hi everybody,
    
    I made my first Starshine flash observation on Wednesday morning at 07:25:11
    UTC. Starshine 3 made a nice high-elevation pass and flared for one second near
    Polaris. The magnitude reached zero with an instantaneous rise but slow dimming,
    a sign the satellite isn't spinning anymore.
    
    It gives a special feeling to see a satellite you've worked so hard on flash you
    hello from space !
    
    Dan
    
    -- 
    Daniel Deak
    representant, projet spatial Starshine
    L'Avenir, Quebec
    
    COSPAR site 1747 : 45.7275°N, 72.3526°W, 191 m., UTC-4:00
    
    Site en francais sur les satellites:
    French-language satellite web site : http://www.obsat.com
    
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