It was already very exciting to wathc the launch, and to follow the subsequent deployment actions. Wether in Belgium did not allow any imaging of this object.
Until last night a clearing allowed me to capture this object at a distance of 882211 km (twice the distance to the move) moving away from us with 0,460 km/second.
The magnitude can be estimated around 13,5, comparable to the little stars it was flying by at the time of capture (Wednesday january 5th, 1:09 UT). Imaging was done with the Esprit 120mm @ 884mm FL and 120-second frames with an ASI2600MC.
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