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Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:47:22 -0400
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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
>
>

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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>

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<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



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Patrick Kelly

Director of Computer Facilities

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Faculty of Architecture and Planning

Dalhousie University

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PO Box 1000 Stn Central                5410 Spring Garden Road

Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4           Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4

Canada                                 Canada

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