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- Wed Feb 09, 2005 6:18 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Is the Object Slowing??
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From a straight line, the fuel dump disperses into a puffy cloud. The distance increase towards the eastern horizon. Think of a plane high above you from the west. Now imagine it racing towards the Eastern horizon. The altitude is high so it vanishes before you even see it go under the horizon. The ...
- Wed Feb 09, 2005 5:50 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Which satellite is this?
- Replies: 193
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http://planet4589.org/space/jsr/latest.html AMC-12 ------ The Americom 12 satellite, also known as Worldsat 2, was launched on Feb 3 from Baykonur into geostationary transfer orbit. The launch used a Proton-M rocket with a Briz-M upper stage. AMC-12 is the first Alcatel Spacebus 4000 satellite to be...
- Wed Feb 09, 2005 5:32 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Which satellite is this?
- Replies: 193
- Views: 199148
The light could actually be seen between the times of 14:19:29 and 15:26:30 UTC That is, the light can been seen for more than an hour! http://nightskylive.net/hl/hl041217.html http://nightskylive.net/hl/hl041217/hl041217ut141929a.jpg http://nightskylive.net/hl/hl041217/hl041217ut142324a.jpg http://...