You sure know how to make a guy feel bad. :) Not only did you spot it before me but you very likely saw the SECO 4 depletion burn that should have occurred about 00:33:34 UT. That must have been a great thing to see. I have wanted to see such an event for many years but just have been in the right place at the right time. Congratulations!!!! Ron Lee At 09:13 PM 4/24/98 -0400, you wrote: > >We just spotted the globalstar sat at 00:34:00 UTC. in late nautical >twilight here in the Northeast US. Being so light we didnt expect to see >much as the stars in Auriga were just coming into view. As the time came >for the sat to pass between Theta and Beta Auriga a large plume of vapor >became visible. The plume streched easily 1/2 of the distance between these >two stars and took on the shape of a "large mushroom" as my wife descibes >it. A second smaller plume which lasted for about 15 seconds became >visible. Both of these were naked eye visible although absolutely >spectacular in the 7x50's. I then was able to track the sat across the >zenith and to the NE under Ursa Major. I wasnt able to see any of the 4 >payload objects but heard on the launch coverage that they were being >released some minutes earlier. What a truly spectacular sight!! > >Elsets used were from the post from Ron Lee earlier today: > >Globalstar, 24 Apr 98, 22:38:34 UT >1 91234U 980xxA 98115.01050429 -.00000116 00000-0 00000+0 0 13 >2 91234 52.0033 89.0530 0009877 258.4010 101.5767 13.02667966 03 > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------- >Bud Smith email: budsmith@ct1.nai.net >Newtown, Connecticut USA >lat. 41.2539N lon. 73.2120W 110m ASL >--------------------------------------------------------------- > >