ISS-Shuttle waterdump

From: Bruno Tilgner (Bruno_Tilgner@compuserve.com)
Date: Wed Aug 15 2001 - 04:24:22 PDT

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Leo Barhorst wrote:

>One orbit later, at 21:04 UT, I saw ISS low in the west-southwest at mag
2.
>When looking at it with my bino's I saw a comma-shaped cloud comming from
>the back of the ISS-Shuttle.

This "comet" was widely observed in France, Belgium and Switzerland.
I saw it myself near Paris, France.

A question arises: how is it possible that the cloud gets in front
of the shuttle/ISS ? Is it an effect of perspective or does the
cloud travel faster than the shuttle, either by being ejected
forward or into a slightly lower orbit. I doubt that either would
show up in matter of 5 minutes or so.

Bruno Tilgner
48.85N 2.02E UTC+2

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