Hi, As Kev says its a big one ..8.2 tonnes!!!! Also it required the use of a special 17 metre fairing on the ariane 5 Hopefully it will be a sight for years to come. Cheers pjh Sheffield UK 53.3N 1.4 W +200m ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Fetter" <kevin_fetter@hotmail.com> To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 7:27 AM Subject: Re: Envisat Obs > Hi Jaro and others > > Just to let you know you did see Envisat. You gave it way when you say you > saw an orange color. Envisat is covered in Kapton which gives it the orange > color. > > Other sats covered in kapton I know of > > Lacrosse sats > UARS > ERBS > > Here is a picture of the envisat > > http://www.envisat.esa.int/news/launch_housing.htm > > It's a big satellite ! > > Waiting to see how bright it can get. > > Kevin > > > From: "Jari" <finn1@telus.net> > To: "Sat" <SeeSat-L@blackadder.lmsal.com> > Subject: Envisat Obs > Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 22:51:30 -0800 > > Thanks to Ron Lee's Post Launch Envisat elset post i checked and saw that it > would come out of shadow to the NW of my location. Since the Moon was up and > the sky was hazy i used 10x50's. With my hands busy i couldn't check my > watch but shortly after 06:31:12 1 Mar UTC, coming out of shadow time, i > spotted a moving object in the expected direction, Az 320 El 20 deg heading > to Az 339. It had an orange tint to it and i can't estimate the magnitude of > it but it was easily seen with my binocs despite the sky conditions. I don't > know if it was the Envisat itself or the rocket but i didn't see any object > leading or trailing it but it was the object with these elsets: > > UNK 785 x 766 km > 1 27386U 02009A 02060.12060913 -.00000044 00000-0 00000-0 0 10 > 2 27386 98.5327 128.7390 0013202 261.6647 98.2927 14.34878788 18 > > Iridium A and Envisat in one night. Woo Hoo. > > Jari > 49.40N > 125.00W > 30m > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > >
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