SuitSat is still around

This morning from SpaceWeather website http://spaceweather.com/ comes news that SuitSat 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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