Ariane 502

Neil Clifford (clifford@astro.ox.ac.uk)
Thu, 30 Oct 1997 14:01:42 +0000 (GMT) 

The Ariane 502 test flight took off this morning at 0843 UTC after a
43 minute delay due to payload telemetry problems.

This vehicle is carrying the ODD orbital debris calibration device which
a group of amateur observers are hoping to observe and feed data back to
ESA. If there are any 'latecomers' to seesat-l who are interested in
participating in this (note you will need a good observing location and
equipment - read reasonably large amateur telescope - to have any chance
of spotting the objects which will probably be somewhere in the mag.
+12->+16 range) feel free to contact me for further information.

regards,

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Neil Clifford                                       <neil@satellite.eu.org>
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