Sky Streak Report

[drwayne]

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050208.html<br /><br />Make sure to check out the linked discussion<br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[drwayne]

Sorry, I don't go to SETI too often...<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[drwayne]

My hero! <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />Wayne<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[kmarinas86]

http://planet4589.org/space/jsr/latest.html<br /><br /><br />AMC-12<br />------<br /><br />The Americom 12 satellite, also known as Worldsat 2, was launched <br />on Feb 3 from Baykonur into geostationary transfer orbit.<br />The launch used a Proton-M rocket with a Briz-M upper stage.<br />AMC-12 is the first Alcatel Spacebus 4000 satellite to be launched;<br />the SB 4000 is a larger version of the SB 3000, with a launch<br />mass around 5000 kg.<br /><br />Meanwhile, some astronomers got a nice picture of the launch<br />on Dec 17 of AMC-16, showing the fuel dump from the Centaur<br />AV-005 stage, at http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050208.html.<br />Since many astronomers still aren't that familiar with satellite<br />launch events, the associated discussion board has been treating<br />it as a big mystery!

 

[kmarinas86]

The light could actually be seen between the times of <br />14:19:29 and 15:26:30 UTC<br />That is, the light can been seen for more than an hour!<br /><br />http://nightskylive.net/hl/hl041217.html<br />http://nightskylive.net/hl/hl041217/hl041217ut141929a.jpg<br />http://nightskylive.net/hl/hl041217/hl041217ut142324a.jpg<br />http://nightskylive.net/hl/hl041217/hl041217ut142723a.jpg<br />http://nightskylive.net/hl/hl041217/hl041217ut143118a.jpg<br />http://nightskylive.net/hl/hl041217/hl041217ut143515a.jpg<br />http://nightskylive.net/hl/hl041217/hl041217ut143911a.jpg<br />http://nightskylive.net/hl/hl041217/hl041217ut144307a.jpg<br />http://nightskylive.net/hl/hl041217/hl041217ut145100a.jpg<br />http://nightskylive.net/hl/hl041217/hl041217ut145458a.jpg<br />http://nightskylive.net/hl/hl041217/hl041217ut145854a.jpg<br />http://nightskylive.net/hl/hl041217/hl041217ut150647a.jpg<br />http://nightskylive.ne