It's associated with the Falcon 9 engine firing that produced the orbit prior to releasing Globalstar - either the actual firing or venting of residual gases immediately after. The satellite was released at 06:20 UTC, shortly after reaching your horizon: https://www.zarya.info/2022#064 Your reported Az/El is close to a predicted sky track based on the Globalstar orbital elements released so far. One circuit later you would have had a near-zenith pass of Globalstar itself centered on 08:02 UTC but the Falcon 9 had re-entered about 20 minutes earlier. Robert Christy > On 20 Jun 2022, at 01:15, RICK BALDRIDGE via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> wrote: > > Lick Observatory Public Programs Telescope Operator (PPTO) Keith Wandry forwarded some images of a rocket burn / fuel dump that was taken last night at Lick Observatory on 6/18/2022 at approximately 23:15 Pacific Daylight Time (6/19 06:15 UT) from near the 40" Nickel Telescope at 37.34302, -121.63717, 4200 ft MSL, The plume is approximately Azimuth 72.9° (NE), Alt 8.1° in the constellation Pegasus. > > We suspect this is from the Falcon-9 GlobalStar FM15 launch, as the SARah1 payload launched also on a Falcon-9 from Vandenberg 16 hours earlier that day would not have had the orbital plane visible. > > Perhaps a SeeSat-er can give a definitive identification for this event > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/xb70man/albums/72177720299927045 > > Thanks. > > Rick Baldridge > Campbell, CA > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Mon Jun 20 2022 - 03:32:33 UTC
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