In a few hours, the Aeolus mission will launch from French Guiana. Live coverage will be here: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Aeolus/Watch_Aeolus_launch_live This is a low-altitude polar-orbit vehicle designed to make observations of the Earth's dynamic atmosphere using a very interesting ultraviolet LIDAR. Since it will be low, it will probably be bright and visible several times a day when cloud-cover is minimal. This will probably be a good target for beginning observers, except for the relatively high angular velocity. I haven't seen any search elements posted for this vehicle yet, but it's also not a terribly interesting vehicle for most people. :) John _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Wed Aug 22 2018 - 13:07:08 UTC
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