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From: TerryMosel@aol.com Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 20:31:06 EST Subject: Mystery object nr ISS, radio, NEAT etc Hi all, 1. Some of you will already be aware of the following observation, which was reported to me at the time, but did not seem significant then. However in view of latest NASA reports that something may have broken off or detached from the Columbia Shuttle before re-entry, it now seems possibly important. Report by Mrs Valerie Canty, Ballincollig, Co Cork, Lat 51 deg 54' North, Long 8 deg 36m West, who is an experienced amateur astronomer. She was observing the passage of the ISS on 1 February at 19.03 GMT, when she noticed another 'starlike' object travelling ahead of the ISS, in the same orbit. She estimated that it was a bit less than 2 degrees ahead of the ISS, and considerably fainter. She estimated the apparent magnitude of the ISS as magnitude -2, and that of the other object as about magnitude +1.5, 'slightly brighter than Bellatrix'. The objects maintained this relative separation until they disappeared into the Earth's shadow some 4 minutes later. This was long after the Shuttle Columbia had begun re-entry so it was not immediately apparent what this object could be. However if it was travelling in roughly the same orbit as the ISS, then it would have been in a similar orbit to that of the Shuttle before the latter began de-orbiting. Did anyone else see that or anything similar travelling in roughly the same orbit as the ISS on that passage, or on the later one that evening? (the later pass was not visble from Belfast, so I couldn't check it). If so, please let me know asap. 2. You might like to note a programme on Thursday 13th Feb. called "Leading Edge", BBC Radio 4, 21.00- 21.30pm. which looks at the growing problem of light pollution and the CfDS movement to restore darkness to the night sky. 3. Comet NEAT is still brightening, but so is the twilight.... Catch it while you can! 4. Finally, and belatedly, a very big THANK YOU to all the members of the Cork Astronomy Club who presented me with a magnificent Cork Crystal vase, which they are now having engraved, to mark the naming of Asteroid 16693 Moseley, at my lecture last Monday. Although I'm a member of the CAC, it was totally unexpected, and VERY much appreciated! (I'm giving the lecture again to the IAS in Dublin next Monday [if the Aliens don't get me first] - more on that later) Terry Moseley ______________________ From: "Dr John Mason"Subject: Re: Object near ISS after Shuttle re-entry Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 07:40:07 -0000 Dear All, I raised this issue, here in the UK, immediately after the Shuttle disaster. Apparently, the object seen 'keeping pace' with the ISS on its evening pass on Saturday, 1st February was a Progress cargo freighter which had undocked from the ISS docking port on Saturday to make way for the replacement Progress freighter, originally due for launch on January 30th, but which was delayed and only lifted off at about 1300 hours today, Sunday, 2nd February. This docked with the ISS on Tuesday. This information was posted on the website, and was brought to my attention by Nick James. All the best, John Mason ______________________ From: Alan Fitzsimmons Organization: QUB Astrophysics Subject: Re: Object near ISS after Shuttle re-entry Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 09:56:26 +0000 Hi Terry, As far as I recall, the Columbia's orbit was at a significantly different inclination from the ISS. Hence anything following the same path as the ISS would be unrelated to Columbia. Best Wishes Alan ************************************************************************ Dr. Alan Fitzsimmons Tel: +44 (0) 2890-273124 APS Division Fax: +44 (0) 2890-438918 Dept. of Pure & Applied Physics e-mail: a.fitzsimmons@qub.ac.uk Queen's University Belfast WWW: http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~af/ Belfast BT7 1NN Northern Ireland ************************************************************************ ______________________ From: Neil Bone Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:23:57 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: Object near ISS after Shuttle re-entry Hi Terry/Alan et al, I seem to recall reading that the ISS was due to be serviced by a Progress spacecraft bearing freesh supplies within 24 hours of the Shuttle incident. Perhaps this was the presumed co-orbiotal object? Regards, Neil Bone ______________________ From: "Leo Enright" Subject: Progress 9 (was: Object near ISS after Shuttle re-entry) Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 11:28:56 -0000 International Space Station Status Report #03-4 8 a.m. CST, Sunday, February 2, 2003 Expedition Six Crew A Russian Progress 10 resupply craft lifted off today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying supplies and new scientific systems hardware to the International Space Station. The cargo ship was launched on time at 6:59 a.m. CST (1259 GMT) and successfully reached orbit nine minutes later with its solar arrays and navigational antennas fully deployed. The Progress is due to dock to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module on the ISS Tuesday at around 8:50 a.m. CST (1450 GMT). ****************************************************************** The stage was set for today's launch of the new resupply ship through Saturday's undocking of the older Progress 9 craft, which reached the ISS last June. A few hours after its undocking, the Progress 9 was commanded to deorbit, and burned up in the Earth's atmosphere. ******************************************************************** Awaiting the arrival of the Progress, Expedition 6 Commander Ken Bowersox, Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit spent a quiet day in orbit, their 71st day in space, and their 69th day aboard the ISS. They were informed of the loss of Columbia and its crew yesterday about an hour after the Shuttle broke up 16 minutes before its scheduled landing. The new Progress 10 is loaded with a ton of supplies for the Expedition 6 crew, most notably, replacement parts for the Microgravity Science Glovebox in the Destiny laboratory, which experienced a power failure back in November and has been dormant during Expedition 6. Pettit plans to install the new parts and test the Glovebox as soon as the Progress vehicle is unloaded. If it works, the Glovebox will be used to support all of the experiments planned for this Expedition before the crew returns to Earth in March. Information on the crew's activities aboard the space station, future launch dates, as well as station sighting opportunities from anywhere on the Earth, is available on the Internet at: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/ Details on station science operations can be found on an Internet site administered by the Payload Operations Center at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., at: http://www.scipoc.msfc.nasa.gov/ The next station status report will be issued on Tuesday following the Progress 10 docking, or earlier, if events warrant.
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