Just saw TiPS

It's an awesome sight.

I saw it about one hour before sunrise, using a six inch,
f/8 reflector with an eyepiece that gives a half-degree field
of view. The two subsatellites appear to be flying parallel,
holding the 4 kilometer tether at a right angle to the orbital
path. The subsats are about a quarter of a degree apart.

The tether wasn't visible as a sharp line, at least not to my
eyes. It looked like a silver-blue luminescene, almost like a
fluorescent light without the glass tube. It was surprisingly
bright. If you've got a telescope, it's definitely worth the
time needed to catch it.

--Bill Thompson