SpaceWeather.com Triple Flyby Alert
A friend of mine is close friends with the founders of Spaceweather.com. He just sent me the alert below. For anyone who is in North America, this is an opportunity to witness a rare event. Depending on where you are located, the date and times might be different. Click on the link provided for your location. Hopefully, we'll have a clear sky. For those of you outside of North America, you'll have an opportunity in the future to participate in satellite flyby events as they increase their coverage map to the rest of the world.
Space Weather News for March 24, 2008
http://spaceweather.com/
TRIPLE FLYBY ALERT: Space shuttle Endeavour has undocked from the
International Space Station and the two spaceships are now orbiting Earth in
tandem. This sets the stage for a series of rare *triple* flybys, which
many sky watchers will be able to observe on Tuesday, March 25th. It's a
triple because three spacecraft are involved. First to appear is the
European Space Agency's Jules Verne cargo carrier flying 2000 kilometers
ahead of the ISS-Endeavour combo. Jules Verne is about as bright as a 1st
magnitude star. Four minutes later, and even brighter, the space shuttle
and space station follow Jules Verne across the starry sky--a spectacular
sight!
US and Canadian readers can find out when to look using our new Simple
Satellite Flybys tool: http://spaceweather.com/flybys. (Note: We haven't
forgotten about the rest of the world. Work is underway to expand our
simple flyby predictions beyond North America to all parts of the globe.
Stay tuned.)
Space Weather News for March 24, 2008
http://spaceweather.com/
TRIPLE FLYBY ALERT: Space shuttle Endeavour has undocked from the
International Space Station and the two spaceships are now orbiting Earth in
tandem. This sets the stage for a series of rare *triple* flybys, which
many sky watchers will be able to observe on Tuesday, March 25th. It's a
triple because three spacecraft are involved. First to appear is the
European Space Agency's Jules Verne cargo carrier flying 2000 kilometers
ahead of the ISS-Endeavour combo. Jules Verne is about as bright as a 1st
magnitude star. Four minutes later, and even brighter, the space shuttle
and space station follow Jules Verne across the starry sky--a spectacular
sight!
US and Canadian readers can find out when to look using our new Simple
Satellite Flybys tool: http://spaceweather.com/flybys. (Note: We haven't
forgotten about the rest of the world. Work is underway to expand our
simple flyby predictions beyond North America to all parts of the globe.
Stay tuned.)
<< Home