Astra and Hotbird fleet into shadow

From: John Locker (john@satcom.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Sat Oct 09 2004 - 06:25:40 EDT

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    At last.................... a long clear spell last night gave me chance to
    catch the 7 bird Astra (19 east )  fleet moving into shadow.
    Skipping forward along the arc I then repositioned for the 5 Hotbirds at 13
    east and watched them get extiguished one by one.
    
    Videos of both events are available , as indictaed below.
    Each frame is GPS time stamped and entry was accurate to about a second
    according to NOVA for Windows
    K3CCD Tools was used for capture and processing.
    
    If anyone has problems loading the .wmv files , please let me know.
    The wmvs show the run up to shadow entry , the gif animations are larger (
    640x480 ), covering the shadow entry only.
    
    http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/satcom_transits/hbshorta.GIF
    http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/satcom_transits/hb_shad.wmv
    
    http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/satcom_transits/astrashad.wmv
    http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/satcom_transits/astrasht.GIF
    
    
    
    
    John
          Easting: -3:05:32
          Northing: 53:23:15
    
    
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