[TriLUG] OT: shuttle launch & need C-Band digital satellite downlink

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Thu, 29 Jun 2006, Kevin Otte wrote:

> If anyone here has or knows of some place where I can go to watch this
> downlink directly, please do let me know.

you could always go outside and watch it directly. I'll be 
doing it at Jordan Lake. It will pass by rising in the SE to 
an elevation of about 15deg in the E and then set in the NE. 
It's visible naked eye during the day. People upto Maine can 
see it. I've also watched several night launches from Lake 
Jordan. In a telescope you can see the bell shaped flame. 
The last one I saw left an enormous cloud in the 
stratosphere above the launch site. I assume it was water 
vapour.

Joe

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