Didn't see it, but according to satellite safari, it's the rocket body for the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. It carried STRaND-1, a satellite powered by a Google Nexus 1 phone. It launched a month ago. Look up STRaND-1, interesting satellite. Dan -- Sent from my iPhone. Please pardon any mispelings or errors. On Mar 25, 2013, at 6:48 AM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
A very bright satellite was visible this morning at about 6:40 AM, in a highly inclined polar orbit, nearly north-south. It passed right through Cygnus before winking out, and was easily brighter than 1st magnitude. Orbiting south-to-north.
Anybody else spot it?
And how about that moonset this morning? It was just barely north of due west as it set behind the GSL, from my vantage point. Beautiful. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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