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Observation using the 0.6m Chakana telescope at the Ckoirama Observatory in Chile, owned and operated by the Universidad de Antofagasta. This is a five-second image taken at 23:56:00 UT on 10 November 2022.

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English: Observation using the 0.6m Chakana telescope at the Ckoirama Observatory in Chile, owned and operated by the Universidad de Antofagasta. This is a five-second image taken at 23:56:00 UT on 10 November 2022. The image shows Bluewalker 3 at the beginning of the unfolding of the array together with a second object, believed to be the launch vehicle adapter. The measured apparent magnitude is V=6.2 for Bluewalker 3 and V=6.4 for the launch vehicle adapter at a range of 960 km. Observers: Eduardo Unda-Sanzana, Christian Adam, and Juan Pablo Colque.
Date 2 December 2022 (upload date)
Source Earlier image of a BlueWalker 3 pass over Ckoirama Observatory
Author CLEOsat/Ckoirama Observatory/IAU CPS. E. Unda-Sanzana
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