Bluewalker 3 bright 64m2, 100 of them?
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Bluewalker 3 bright 64m2, 100 of them?
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This kind looks super bright, I'm speechless. Of course this is only the beginning, economic interests prevail.
This kind looks super bright, I'm speechless. Of course this is only the beginning, economic interests prevail.
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Re: Bluewalker 3 bright 64m2, 100 of them?
This situation just keeps getting worse and worse.
Too bad, really.
Thanks for posting, even though it's definitely not what we want to hear.
smp
Too bad, really.
Thanks for posting, even though it's definitely not what we want to hear.
smp
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Re: Bluewalker 3 bright 64m2, 100 of them?
Hi Henk. A very interesting article and I think I saw this new test satellite. On Saturday morning (Jan. 7) I went out early in the morning to catch an ISS flyby at 6:09 am orbiting NE to SW . And I also saw the bright full Wolf Moon. I thought that I would get a photo of it with just my camera. As I came back outside to get ready I saw another satellite going from SW to N. It was moving fast and brighter than the ISS but I finally lost it in the lunar glare. Then I got a shot of the Wolf Moon at 6:43 am. It is nothing fancy and shows no surface details, so I didn't post it in the astrophoto sub forums. I have included it here:
If what I saw was the Bluewalker 3 and many more will be launched, then our night skies are going to be in big trouble. Thanks for finding and sharing this informative link with us Henk.
If what I saw was the Bluewalker 3 and many more will be launched, then our night skies are going to be in big trouble. Thanks for finding and sharing this informative link with us Henk.
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