In a message dated 8/20/01 9:08:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, cdj-home@omniumcorp.com writes: Just saw a beautiful pass of the Shuttle leading the ISS by about 45 seconds from the NW to the ESE, although they went behind clouds before earth's shadow. Picked both up about 10 degrees above the horizon, the shuttle was probably a magnitude greater than the station. I saw the same pass. Discovery was about -0.5 to -1 mag, slightly brighter than Arcturus as it passed it in the west at 00:58:50UT. About 50 seconds later the ISS passes at about a 0 mag. Both reached a maximum elevation of about 50 deg in the SW when the IS reached about a -1 mag. Conditions were moderately hazy in that part of the sky. Question: in previous missions the shuttle seems to fly closer to the ISS even 2 days after socking - like they were chained together. This evening's 45 second separation was a bit of a surprise. Anyone know why the change? Cheers, Don Gardner 39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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