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Can satellites leave contrails?
Was enjoying the celestial view last night around 0345 EDT near Boston
when a satellite went over. Heavens-above.com gives several candidates for the time: Iridium 4 Rocket, ERBS, Cosmos 1455, Lacrosse 4 and AQUA. Of these, the Lacrosse seems to be best fit for trajectory. At one point, the satellite seemed to produce a short contrail for a second or two. I assumed that this was eye fatigue. But could it actually have been a visible trail from steering jets or some such? Thanks- Theo |
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