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July 01, 2007
Is "Identified Flying Object" Redundant?
Last week I took an orbitology class at work and heard of a website called Heavens Above. Among other things, they allow people to track satellites.
Here is the link to the page I got the picture from. It shows the International Space Station (ISS) passing over my house while I was walking the dogs. If you look closely you can see the line transition from solid to dotted, indicating that the ISS was no longer visible.
Track data for the space shuttle is not available from NASA anymore, but it was widely reported that the shuttle detached from the ISS on the day I observed the "UFOs," so the trailing light was probably the shuttle.
Yup. That's why I get paid the big bucks.
Posted by james at July 1, 2007 10:06 PM