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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-170-73510648 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hello Carl: What you saw was actually a fuel dump from a rocket launch that was =20 putting a spy satellite into orbit. .Here is a note from the RASC list. > Thanks to Sherman Williams, here is a report from a fellow who saw the = =20 > initial launch (but did not realize what he was seeing), plus a =20 > website that describes the launch and subsequent events. In summary =20= > (all times AST): > > 18:05=A0 Launch of Atlas 5 rocket carrying spy satellite. > 18:09=A0 First stage separates from the Centaur hydrogen-burning = second =20 > stage. > 18:15 (+/-)=A0 Report from Westport NS (at the tip of Digby neck) (see = =20 > below). > 19:40 (+/-)=A0 After one orbit the Centaur second-stage dumps residual = =20 > propellant. > 19:58=A0 I spotted the fuel dump, and followed the spectacle for more =20= > than an hour. > > As was apparent from the motion of the satellite and the spent Centaur = =20 > rocket last evening, the orbit is a high one. The website (below) =20 > states that it is highly elliptical, extending outward 25,000 miles. > > Rocket Launch site > http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av015/ > On Dec 11, 2007, at 7:11 AM, Carl Haycock wrote: > Monday night ar app. 6:15p.m. I viewed a spectacular meteorite > (meteor,bollide?)event. =46rom the Grand Passage(Westport harbour) on =20= > Brier > Island I saw 2 bright white lights falling from the sky to the =20 > southeast > over St. Mary's Bay. Then a 3rd huge orange ball following along with =20= > the > other 2. The sky lit up in an orange blaze for a few moments. =20 > Initially I > asssumed it was an Aurora aircraft from Greenwood doing search and =20 > rescue > operations and dropping flares (which I have seen in the past and this = =20 > event > looked just like that). I was stunned for a moment, heard no aircraft =20= > and > then realized that it must have been a meteorite breaking up. It was =20= > quite > awesome. > > Carl Haycock > Westport > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 =3D=3D Patrick Kelly Director of Computer Facilities =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 =3D=3D Faculty of Architecture and Planning Dalhousie University =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 =3D=3D PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Canada Canada =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 =3D=3D Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 =3D=3D --Apple-Mail-170-73510648 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hello Carl: What you saw was actually a fuel dump from a rocket launch that was putting a spy satellite into orbit. .Here is a note from the RASC list. <excerpt>Thanks to Sherman Williams, here is a report from a fellow who saw the initial launch (but did not realize what he was seeing), plus a website that describes the launch and subsequent events. In summary (all times AST): 18:05=A0 Launch of Atlas 5 rocket carrying spy satellite. 18:09=A0 First stage separates from the Centaur hydrogen-burning second stage. 18:15 (+/-)=A0 Report from Westport NS (at the tip of Digby neck) (see below). 19:40 (+/-)=A0 After one orbit the Centaur second-stage dumps residual propellant. 19:58=A0 I spotted the fuel dump, and followed the spectacle for more than an hour. As was apparent from the motion of the satellite and the spent Centaur rocket last evening, the orbit is a high one. The website (below) states that it is highly elliptical, extending outward 25,000 miles. <color><param>5656,0000,0000</param>Rocket Launch site</color> = <color><param>0000,0000,EEEE</param>http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av= 015/</color> </excerpt> On Dec 11, 2007, at 7:11 AM, Carl Haycock wrote: <excerpt>Monday night ar app. 6:15p.m. I viewed a spectacular meteorite (meteor,bollide?)event. =46rom the Grand Passage(Westport harbour) on Brier Island I saw 2 bright white lights falling from the sky to the southeast over St. Mary's Bay. Then a 3rd huge orange ball following along with the other 2. The sky lit up in an orange blaze for a few moments. Initially I asssumed it was an Aurora aircraft from Greenwood doing search and rescue operations and dropping flares (which I have seen in the past and this event looked just like that). I was stunned for a moment, heard no aircraft and then realized that it must have been a meteorite breaking up. It was quite awesome. Carl Haycock Westport </excerpt><fontfamily><param>Courier</param> = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Patrick Kelly Director of Computer Facilities = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Faculty of Architecture and Planning Dalhousie University = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Canada Canada = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D