[AZ-Observing] Two Pieces of Nearly Intersecting Space Junk
- From: Tom Polakis <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
- To: AZ-Observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 0:47:18 -0400
The Satellite Safari iPad app showed that two satellites were going to pass
within a few degrees of each other. This animated GIF shows six 5-second
exposures of them. The brighter one is an Atlas Centaur 2 launch vehicle that
went into orbit in 1963. The fainter object is a Soviet Soyuz rocket body that
launched one of their many Cosmos satellites in 1970. Close approach was over
40 miles, so no spectacular impact this time.
http://www.pbase.com/polakis/image/150160409
Tom
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