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Previous night at Apr 19, 00:32 UT I saw a strange object flying from
between Deneb and Vega to some degrees west of Altair. It was two lightpoints of magnitude ~+9 separated by ~6'. The lightpoints were connected by a grey string. It was flying at about satellite speed. My first thought was that it was some kind of satellite experiment going up there but now I think it could be a rocket with the last stage discoupled. It was real cool to see! Roger Persson (Latitude=+57.7 East longitude=+12.5) |
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(Roger Persson) wrote in
om: Previous night at Apr 19, 00:32 UT I saw a strange object flying from between Deneb and Vega to some degrees west of Altair. It was two lightpoints of magnitude ~+9 separated by ~6'. The lightpoints were connected by a grey string. It was flying at about satellite speed. My first thought was that it was some kind of satellite experiment going up there but now I think it could be a rocket with the last stage discoupled. It was real cool to see! Roger Persson (Latitude=+57.7 East longitude=+12.5) Sounds like TiPS, "Tether Physics and Survivability Experiment". See http://www.heavens-above.com/satinfo.asp?SatID=23937 Brian |
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Hi Brian,
You're right I saw TiPS! The Heavens Above site gave me the correct path and time for a pass. This thing was really cool to observe! Thanks! Roger Persson (Roger Persson) wrote in Previous night at Apr 19, 00:32 UT I saw a strange object flying from between Deneb and Vega to some degrees west of Altair. It was two lightpoints of magnitude ~+9 separated by ~6'. The lightpoints were connected by a grey string. It was flying at about satellite speed. My Sounds like TiPS, "Tether Physics and Survivability Experiment". Brian |
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Hi Brian,
You're right I saw TiPS! The Heavens Above site gave me the correct path and time for a pass. This thing was really cool to observe! Thanks! Roger Persson (Roger Persson) wrote in Previous night at Apr 19, 00:32 UT I saw a strange object flying from between Deneb and Vega to some degrees west of Altair. It was two lightpoints of magnitude ~+9 separated by ~6'. The lightpoints were connected by a grey string. It was flying at about satellite speed. My Sounds like TiPS, "Tether Physics and Survivability Experiment". Brian |
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You're right I saw TiPS! The Heavens Above site gave me the correct
path and time for a pass. This thing was really cool to observe! It is really neat! I've had the good fortune to see it in an 8-inch (20 cm) scope at about 45x. I have managed to see it once as a fuzzy spot, plus two or three flashes from the end masses, with my 8x42 binoculars. Of course the illustration on the Heavens-Above page is not to scale. This page has some photographic images of it in orbit, at the foot of the page: http://www.mos.org/whats_happening/s...um-shuttle.php Here's an official US Navy page about it: http://code8200.nrl.navy.mil/tips.html Ed Cannon - - Austin, Texas, USA (Remove "donotspam".) |
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You're right I saw TiPS! The Heavens Above site gave me the correct
path and time for a pass. This thing was really cool to observe! It is really neat! I've had the good fortune to see it in an 8-inch (20 cm) scope at about 45x. I have managed to see it once as a fuzzy spot, plus two or three flashes from the end masses, with my 8x42 binoculars. Of course the illustration on the Heavens-Above page is not to scale. This page has some photographic images of it in orbit, at the foot of the page: http://www.mos.org/whats_happening/s...um-shuttle.php Here's an official US Navy page about it: http://code8200.nrl.navy.mil/tips.html Ed Cannon - - Austin, Texas, USA (Remove "donotspam".) |
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