[amsat-bb] Re: Shuttle Launch visible 3/15/09

[Gregg Wonderly]

I shot some video from about 30miles west on Hwy 50 (almost due west).  I put it 
up on youtube.

I had the laptop connected to the internet and you can hear the time delayed 
webcast in the background.

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxBGF0hHZBM>

Gregg Wonderly
W5GGW

MM wrote:
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> Great pass, we could see STS-119 for over a minute.
> we could even see the SRB seperation.
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> http://www.issspacecam.org/
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> i posted a few shots on the spacecam page.
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> --- On Sun, 3/15/09, MM <ka1rrw at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> From: MM <ka1rrw at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: [amsat-bb]  Shuttle Launch visible 3/15/09
>> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
>> Date: Sunday, March 15, 2009, 2:04 PM
>> ISS Amateur Radio Status: March 11, 2009
>> By Miles Mann WF1F,
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>> MAREX-MG News www.marexmg.org
>> Manned Amateur Radio Experiment
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>> Shuttle Launch Visible Tonight:
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>> If you live along the East Coast of the USA, you maybe able
>> to see the Shuttle Discovery’s launch tonight at 7:43 p.m.
>> (EDT).  People in Florida are use to seeing the Shuttle
>> launch, however when the Shuttle is launched at Night, to
>> the International Space Station, the engines can be seen as
>> far north as Maine (conditions permitting).
>>
>> Sunset in Boston is at 6:50 p.m. (EDT).  This means the
>> skies will still be a little bright.
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>> So tonight, if you have clear skies, try to find a hill
>> that looks SouthEast.  The hill will need to be dark with
>> few city and streetlights.  The shuttle will only be visible
>> for a few minutes to seconds depending on your location. 
>> The first two minutes of the launch are the brightest.  The
>> Shuttles Solid Rocket boosters will burn for the first two
>> minutes; this will be your best shot as seeing he Shuttle. 
>> When the SRB stop, the liquid fuels engines will still be
>> running and generating some visible light.  After about 8
>> minutes after launch the main engines will shut down and so
>> will your light source.
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>> Try to monitor the NASA channel.  If you can, have someone
>> at home watch the NASA channel on TV and tell you the
>> countdown by Cell phone.
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>> Does anyone know if there will be a NASA rebroadcast of the
>> launch on amateur radio HF or regular Broadcast AM, so we
>> can monitor from our mobile HF stations while hill
>> topping>
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>> Here is a current link I found that gives a few more
>> details on how to see the shuttle tonight.
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>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090310/sc_space/nightshuttlelaunchvisiblefrommostofeastcoast
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>> MarexMg Web page
>> http://www.marexmg.org
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>> 73 Miles WF1F MAREX-MG
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>> Until we meet again
>>
>> DOSVIDANIYA Miles WF1F
>> /amsat-bb
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