I am hearing multiple reports (including from Anatoly Zak _at_RussianSpaceWeb) that Nauka's main engines are not operational and that "Specialists are troubleshooting the issue and developing a backup rendezvous plan" using the craft's secondary engines. Regards Marshall Eubanks On 2021-07-21 18:03, Marco Langbroek via Seesat-l wrote: > With two guests I observed the ISS, followed by two bright objects > (Proton rb > and Nauka) and three fainter debris objects near the first bright > object (Proton > rb), in a partly clouded sky. > > After the ISS, we saw a bright very fast naked eye object. On the > video, we > could see it was closely accompanied by three fainter objects. This was > probably > the Proton rb and associated debris. > > Somewhat after that was a second bright object, which was probably > Nauka. > > Partly because I had two guests (from Greece and Pakistan, two > participants of > the SpaceTech Symposium at ESTEC, whom I was demonstrating tracking > techniques) > the session was a bit chaotic. I forgot to operate the photographic > camera, as > my guests were entralled by the video system. > > We initially mistook the first object for Nauka: then spotted the > second one. > Unfortunately, I only have the first object + associated debris pieces > on video, > not Nauka itself. Well, we will have a retry next night... > > - Marco > > ----- > Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. > e-mail: sattrackcam_at_langbroek.org > > Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL > Cospar 4355 (Cronesteyn): 52.13878 N, 4.49937 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL > Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com > Twitter: _at_Marco_Langbroek > ----- > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Thu Jul 22 2021 - 08:16:28 UTC
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