Brilliant! Two vbright dots (ca. -2 at start), about 1degree apart, the lower (the ET) a distinct orange, came speeding out of the W-SW. As they passed to my south the angular distance increased and it was clear the shuttle was pulling away from the ET. Almost due S the started to pass into shadow and the ET faded from view very quickly. As the shuttle faded I counted at least 3 "emissions" looking like the coma of a bright comet. I assume these were firings of the OMS? All too soon the shuttle sped from sight but what a superb view (for once!) pj Sheffield UK 1.4ish West; 54ish North ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Ireland" <direland@drdale.com> To: "Seesat-l" <SeeSat-L@blackadder.lmsal.com> Cc: "rig-l" <rig-l@egroups.com> Sent: 10 August 2001 22:14 Subject: shuttle launched > The Shuttle was just launch @approx 2105UT, Heads up Europe. > Dale > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' > in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org > http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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