At 12:43 PM 22/05/2008, Greg Williams wrote: >Watched the ISS pass over Knoxville, TN at a low 19 deg angle >tonight, but it flared real nice at max elevation over us. > >Using 10 X 50 binoculars, I was not sure if I was seeing correctly, >but I thought I could make out an "H" shape, which I have never made >out before. I wasn't sure if my eyes were playing tricks or if I >really made out the solar arrays. > >.. >UNKNOWN: Thought I saw Envisat though said binocs but this >satellite was traveling due East, went into eclipse at 22:30, and I >caught it just about 30 seconds before eclipse. Elevation about >25-30 degrees, ESE of my location. Never caught Envisat. Greg, Envisat is in a Sun synchronous orbit,(97-98 degrees inclination ) so it should have been moving S-N rather than due East as you report. Tony Beresford ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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