>I just watched the ascent live from my back deck. I live in Northeastern > Maryland, USA (about 30 miles NE of Baltimore). The vehicle cleared the > horizon with a bright contrail, and through my birding scope I could > clearly > see the comet-like fan behind it. I saw one staging event hrough the > scope- > the contrail stopped for a moment, and I could see the rocket itself as a > reddish cylindrical object (lit by the almost-rising sun) and then a few > seconds later the fan started again with a burst and it continued toward > the > east. I watched the webcast of the launch and I see from the Wallops Island website that TacSat-2 has deployed successfully. Bruce MacDonald COSPAR Site 2751 Devizes, Wiltshire, United Kingdom 51.3440 N 1.9849 W 125M (WGS 84) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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