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.
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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Thanks Dan, here's what Wiki has to say: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STRaND-1 I don't recall ever hearing the terms "nanosatellite" and "cubesat" before. I wonder how many reception bars they get in orbit? ;-) On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 7:02 AM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com>wrote:
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.
I'm sure plenty, but the FAA made them put it in airplane mode before takeoff! :) Dan -- Sent from my iPhone. Please pardon any mispelings or errors. On Mar 25, 2013, at 7:10 AM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Dan, here's what Wiki has to say:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STRaND-1
I don't recall ever hearing the terms "nanosatellite" and "cubesat" before..
I wonder how many reception bars they get in orbit? ;-)
On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 7:02 AM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com>wrote:
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.
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