Greetings all, I'm looking for a confirmation of a possible fuel dump performed by the Ariane 4 Rocket launching Spot 5. A group of 10 Astronomical Society of Harrisburg members looked for the launch of the Ariane 4 Spot 5.. We didn't see it between 9:41 and 9:49 and returned to the 17" Classical Cassegrain telescope. However between 9:50 and 9:55 we didn't get an exact time, near the head of Draco a patch of cloudiness/nebulosity appeared out of nowhere as a small compact area, then it spread out and dissipated and remained visible until about 9:56. Through binoculars several members saw a satellite moving through this nebulosity. I'm pretty sure this was a fuel dump by the Ariane. I'm nearly 100% sure this is what we saw because it followed the same trajectory if you extended where burnout occured. So I'm looking for a confirmation. The skies were clear in this region of the sky. Was this a fuel dump performed by the Ariane? Please let me know, Ted A. Nichols II Astronomical Society of Harrisburg President Edward L. Naylor Observatory - Lewisberry, PA Geodetic location: 76hours 53min 4secs - 40degrees 8mins 54 secs Elevation 190M ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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