re: Pegasus launch observed!
Philip Chien (kc4yer@amsat.org)
Fri, 23 Oct 1998 09:34:55 -0400
Andre Beckus <amuaddib@yahoo.com> said:
>Shortly after 20:02 EDT (too busy scanning horizon to tell
>exactly what time), we observed a small red dot that was moving upward
>and a little bit to the south.
Launch time was 8:03:49 pm EDT. Ignition of the first stage occurs five
seconds later. The first stage burns for 76 seconds.
>It was nothing
>spectacular, but I was glad to have been able to see something so
>elusive.
Well, I decided to watch it on the satellite feed. I was at a hotel about
a mile from where Andre and Jake watched the launch.
>Jake and I are planning on going over on
>Saturday morning to see the Delta II with Deep Space I, and then
>STS-95 on Thursday. Busy couple of weeks. Will let you know what
>happens.
I suspect that Jetty Park will be slightly more crowded for the STS-95
launch. (This is an understatement on the same order of magnitude as
"Houston, we have a problem.")
OBJ on topic comments. The second stage for the DS1 launch should be a
visual object. A couple of hour delay in the STS-95 launch would be highly
desirable for visual observers in the southeast U.S.
Philip Chien, KC4YER
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