nice flashing Ariane 5 rocket

From: Kevin Fetter (kfetter@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Aug 05 2008 - 12:49:50 UTC

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    While waiting for a different sat to pass by, I noticed a nice flashing satellite.
    
    I ran a check, to see which one it was.
    
    It was Ariane 5, catalog number 29275.
    
    Observed flashing to the 10th mag at 8:56 UTC ( Aug 5 )
    
    Might be hard to see, in this video
    
    http://www.kfetter.com/satvideo/2008/AUG/29275.wmv
    
    Was over 20,000 km away at the time.
    
    It's got a low perigee, so won't stay in orbit for long. 
    
    Kevin
    
    
    
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