Op 8-3-2011 22:20, Ted Molczan schreef: > Ralf Vandebergh wrote: > >> Amazing! A tail was visible, seems there has been a water >> dump! I saw it nicely contrasty visually in my 7x50 >> and then switched quick to the videocam. I could register it >> yet, but low to the horizon. > > The flight plan confirms that waste water and condensate dumps were scheduled at the time: > > http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/524418main_fd13_ep.pdf > > Item 4 on pdf page 2 describes the tasks. Pdf pages 10 and 12, show that Pilot Eric Boe was scheduled to execute them from about > 17:15 to 18:45 UTC. > > Ted Molczan I have seen other reports confirming the dump from Germany and Italy. I did not see the waterdump from the western Netherlands, but the sky was still very bright (sun at -8 degrees only) which is probably why I missed it. - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com ----- _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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