Hi Folks, ASTRO and NEXTSat are scheduled to go unmated to a distance of 10m tonight. Demate time is currently scheduled for 23:22 MDT. I'm not certain of the duration of unmated activity, but I would expect approximately 2h (1 orbit + recede and approach time) to allow for demate and remate to occur on passes over North America. From what I can tell (please correct if I'm wrong), most of the activity appears to be obscured by sunlight or obscured by eclipse. From my location in Toronto I may catch a view of the late stages in the early morning at about 03:15 EDT. I'm not involved in any of the operations for this unmated activity, so anything I've said could easily end up wrong. I think the only info I've added to what I've seen in the public domain is the demate time. If anyone plans on trying to capture footage I'd be interested to hear about it. I may try to capture a photo, but my setup is primitive. Cheers, JCA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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