Shenzhou V Orbital Elements

Does anyone know if orbital information is available for the Shenzhou V? It
sure would be nice to catch a glimpse of it in the morning.

Ryan..

"Ryan Kingsbury" wrote in message
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Does anyone know if orbital information is available for the Shenzhou V?
It
sure would be nice to catch a glimpse of it in the morning.

Shenzhou Seen in Europe; Pre-dawn North American Passes Mapped


Here is a link to the ground track maps for Shenzhou visibility tomorrow
morning (Wednesday) before dawn, if anybody gets up in time and near enough
to look for it. http://spaceweather.com/glossary/s5.html


The first observation of a Shenzhou-5 mission-releated object -- its
tumbling rocket stage -- has now been reported by Matija Perne
) in Slovenia (46.17 N, 14.32 E), "At 3:57:00
[4:57 AM] I noticed a satellite approximately 15 degrees above SSE horizon
flying towards east. It was slowly tumbling and was changing brightness from
magnitude 2 or 3 to invisible and back in about 15 seconds." Ted Molczan
replied, "Congratulations on posting the first observation of an object from
this mission,
less than 3 h after launch."

Report of an excellent sighting in Maryland, minutes ago, about ten seconds
earlier than the pre-launch artificial elset put together by Ted Molczan.

WATCH THE SKIES!

Ryan Kingsbury wrote:

Thanks for the info! I just saw it about 4 minutes ago from Terre Haute, IN
(2 hours south of Chicago). Beautiful sight.

Ryan...

Does anyone know if orbital information is available for the Shenzhou V?
It sure would be nice to catch a glimpse of it in the morning.

Ryan..

"James Oberg" wrote in message . ..
Report of an excellent sighting in Maryland, minutes ago, about ten seconds
earlier than the pre-launch artificial elset put together by Ted Molczan.

WATCH THE SKIES!

Reminds me of the old '50s movies with the tagline, "Keep watching the
skies!" in the middle of Cold war paranoia. Gives a whole new take on
it, doesn't it?

"C. F. Leon" wrote in message
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"James Oberg" wrote in message
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Report of an excellent sighting in Maryland, minutes ago, about ten
seconds
earlier than the pre-launch artificial elset put together by Ted
Molczan.

WATCH THE SKIES!

Reminds me of the old '50s movies with the tagline, "Keep watching the
skies!" in the middle of Cold war paranoia. Gives a whole new take on
it, doesn't it?

I must agree with the original poster. I just looked out the window (I live
in MD) and the sky is, in fact, there.

BV.

BenignVanilla wrote:

"C. F. Leon" wrote in message
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"James Oberg" wrote in message


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Report of an excellent sighting in Maryland, minutes ago, about ten


seconds


earlier than the pre-launch artificial elset put together by Ted


Molczan.


WATCH THE SKIES!


Reminds me of the old '50s movies with the tagline, "Keep watching the
skies!" in the middle of Cold war paranoia. Gives a whole new take on
it, doesn't it?



I must agree with the original poster. I just looked out the window (I live
in MD) and the sky is, in fact, there.


Can't be. I live far from Maryland and I can assure you the sky is just
above my head.

Alain Fournier

In article , BenignVanilla wrote:

Reminds me of the old '50s movies with the tagline, "Keep watching the
skies!" in the middle of Cold war paranoia. Gives a whole new take on
it, doesn't it?

I must agree with the original poster. I just looked out the window (I live
in MD) and the sky is, in fact, there.

Yeah, well, just you wait. Turn your back even for a second, and wham!
Never trust a quadrillion tonnes of oxygen, I say... commies... [twitch]

--
-Andrew Gray