Author Topic: LIVE: SMOS and PROBA-2 Launch - November 2, 2009 (Read 35482 times)

robertross · « **Reply #120 on:** 11/02/2009 12:00 pm »

Quote from: Satori on 11/02/2009 09:26 am

ESA press-release Two new ESA satellites successfully lofted into orbit.

Congrats ESA.

Thanks for the coverage btw.

JimO · « **Reply #121 on:** 11/04/2009 04:49 pm »

The launch was observed and photographed from Hammerfest in northern Norway, where it sparked a brief 'UFO flap'.

ostangen · « **Reply #122 on:** 11/05/2009 06:19 am »

Quote from: JimO on 11/04/2009 04:49 pm

The launch was observed and photographed from Hammerfest in northern Norway, where it sparked a brief 'UFO flap'.

The launch observed was identified as the SS-N-23 test launch not the Rokot launch.

Picture and text her: http://www.yr.no/nyheter/1.6847340

The site is in norwegain but use Google translate.

JimO · « **Reply #123 on:** 11/05/2009 05:48 pm »

I knew about the Bryansk SLBM launch but I never saw a time-of-day given. And aren't SLBM launches made towards Kamchatka?

My first impression was that the time of the Hammerfest image was consistent with the ascent trajectory of SMOS/PROBA but maybe I ought to check again.

ostangen · « **Reply #124 on:** 11/05/2009 06:33 pm »

The women who took the picture said it was taken around 4.am (local time) on the 1 November. The object she observed moved eastward for 3-4 min before "landing" in the horizon.
I belive the images "lies", it appears to be moving westward.
If it helps, Hammerfest is located: 70° 39′ 50″ N, 23° 41′ 24″ E

The Rokot launch took place 2. nov 01.50z, and had to move westward, right?

But you were right, it created a little fuzz, everything from decaying satellite, metorite, ligthing, to supermann with a flashligth was proposed, before they ended up with the SS-N-23 launch.