Hello All, I observed the shuttle launch from near my home atop a nearby hill this evening. It had a clear view of the Southern and Eastern horizons.. Location near Yocumtown, PA at 40.1580N, 76.8040W. I started to see the shuttle about 7 1/2 minutes after launch up until MECO. Quite Bright, and it didn't get higher than about tad short of 8 degrees above the horizon. Definitely an orange type glow that paved its way through the skies. The neat thing was from my location I could see the 4 towers of three mile island, and the space shuttle etched its way through the sky right above the quad nuclear power plants cooling towers. It was pretty neat to see the shuttle disappear after MECO as well. I also observed 2 Iridium Flares after the launch. 05 Dec 17:24:41 -2 16° 278° (W ) 63.5 km (E) -6 Iridium 33 05 Dec 17:33:44 -0 13° 280° (W ) 119.7 km (W) -6 Iridium 57 The space station will soon pass over my skies to top things off this evening. Best Regards, Ted A. Nichols II ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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