[amsat-bb] SuitSat is Still Around

["Keith O'Brien" <n4zq@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This morning from SpaceWeather website   http://spaceweather.com/  comes 
news that SuitSat is has been spotted still drifting around.

REMEMBER SUITSAT? Three months ago, ISS astronauts hurled an old Russian 
spacesuit overboard. Amazingly, it is still orbiting Earth. On April 18th, 
Kevin Fetter videotaped "SuitSat" passing over his home in Brockville, 
Ontario, Canada: 1 MB movie. (The bright star in the movie is Vega.) 
Eventually, SuitSat will sink into Earth's atmosphere and disintegrate in 
spectacular style--a fireball--but not yet!

Too bad the batteries didn't last this long.

Keith N4ZQ/2
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