Re: New launch - evening visibility

From: Robin R. Wier (rwier@concentric.net)
Date: Tue May 07 2002 - 23:30:30 EDT


Mike,
Just got in from a great pass here in Phoenix, It was 1x in two parts.
The leader was a bright steady white. The trailer (~5 degrees straight
behind) was a yellow or orange slow tumbler.  ~3 second period going
from dull 1x at the brightest to not seen in 7x50 binos. Satellite
Tracker was showing about 205 km alt for the pass. 
Robin

Michael McCants wrote:
> 
> I wrote:
> 
> >We have a twilight pass in another couple of hours.
> 
> It was spectacular.  Estimated magnitude about -1.5 across
> my zenith at a height of 130 miles.  It was moving at a very
> high angular rate of course.
> 
> It is a Proton upper stage with a intrinsic magnitude of
> of about 2.0 (90 degree phase angle at 1000Km).
> 
> Mike McCants
> Austin, TX
> 
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