Shuttle and ISS observation Nov 6

From: Eric Briggs (ebriggs@sympatico.ca)
Date: Tue Nov 06 2007 - 13:35:05 UTC

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Observing from +43° 41' 46", -79° 23' 46" I just saw the ISS and STS-120
flyover at 11:15 UT.  The Shuttle got brighter in the second half of the
pass, and at 11:19:50 it was like someone flicked on a switch onboard for a
couple of seconds.  Now that I get inside, the nasaspaceflight.com forum and
PAO on NASA TV mentions the RCS hot fire test is ongoing, maybe I observed
that.  I am surprised that RCS can have such an effect.  Is it possible
orientation of the shiny radiators can suddenly illuminate and suddenly dim
like that?

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