Friday, February 22, 2008

The Last Glimpse of Satellite US-193

As the mercury dipped below zero and I awaited the upcoming lunar eclipse, it would just so happen that the spy satellite US-193 passed overhead. It was shot down just a few hours later. The US claimed that the hydrazine gas aboard could have caused some danger to people below. One bummer is that China and Russia had just made an agreement not to use weapons in space. Well, our actions have changed all that. Regardless, it was scheduled to pass in the western sky at about 6:35pm and about 2 minutes after that I spotted it. I recorded it and now share it with you. Unfortunately, after you export and convert the original video, to make it visible here, it loses so much quality! I therefore provide just a few seconds glimpse of it. You can say you saw it at least! :(



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