[AZ-Observing] Re: Two Pieces of Nearly Intersecting Space Junk
- From: "Bernard Miller" <bgmiller011@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 22:22:19 -0700
Tom,
Great catch. It would have been cool to see then collide :-)
Bernard
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Two Pieces of Nearly Intersecting Space Junk
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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