Correction: an external tank for the upper stage of the Breeze M
launcher.
Gordon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Holdsworth" <robbonz1@xtra.co.nz>
To: "Seesat List" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: 2004-031C
> http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/proton_launch_040805.html says
that
> Amazonas was launched on a Proton rocket, and that it had a Breeze
upper
> stage.
>
> Calsky describes 2004-031C as the BrsTank, presumably an abbreviation
for
> Breeze Tank (2004-031B being the Breeze rocket body.)
>
> http://spaceflightnow.com/proton/amazonas/status.html mentions this
APT
> as being jettisoned after the third burn.
>
> As it happens Kevin kindly drew my attention to a pass of the APT
about a
> week ago but conditions were atrocious and have only just improved in
the
> last few days though with some erratic cloud cover and bouts of good
clear
> skies.
>
> The sky will be too bright for the next pass to be useful and passes
for the
> following nights are not bright enough to be within my capabilities to
> observe.
>
>
>
> Robert
> Wainuiomata
> New Zealand
> 174.948E
> 41.261S
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "gprichard" <gprichard@vtown.com.au>
> To: <seesat-l@satobs.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 11:04 PM
> Subject: Fw: 2004-031C
>
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "gprichard" <gprichard@vtown.com.au>
> > To: <seesat-l@satobs.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 8:41 PM
> > Subject: 2004-031C
> >
> >
> >> Hello everybody,
> >> I recently observed 2004-031C (debris from the Amazonas
launch). A
> >> search of the internet has failed to reveal the nature of this
object.
> >> Can anyone describe this piece of debris to me?
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >> Gordon
> >> Newcastle, Australia
> >>
> >
>
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