Re: ISS and Atlantis seen

From: Marco Langbroek (marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl)
Date: Sat Feb 09 2008 - 15:26:15 UTC

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    alain.figer@club-internet.fr schreef:
    
    > . ISS at 17:56 UT  mag -2.5 steady 
    > 
    > . unexpected satellite at 18:06 UT mag 2 almost steady
    
    The latter was most probably Progress-M62, a cargo spacecraft now serving as 
    "garbage truck" released from the ISS last week. For my location it briefly 
    brightly flared to -2 at 18:05:55 UTC (see the photograph in the URL I posted 
    yesterday).
    
    - Marco
    
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