this is Mr. Coriolis :-) Jörg "MALEY, PAUL D. (JSC-DO) (USA)" schrieb: > > Bruno wrote: > > "A question arises: how is it possible that the cloud gets in front > of the shuttle/ISS ? Is it an effect of perspective or does the > cloud travel faster than the shuttle, either by being ejected > forward or into a slightly lower orbit. I doubt that either would > show up in matter of 5 minutes or so." > > The dump is directly toward the earth and so the particles are forced into > lower orbits in which the particles begin to move faster and then lead the > Shuttle. This is a normal consequence of such action and it does show up > very quickly after the start of the dump as evidenced by our video and > direct observations as early as 1984. > > Paul > > Paul D. Maley > Tel. 281.244.0208, Fax. 281.244.1140 > Lat. 29.6049N, Lon. 95.1069W, Alt. 6m > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -- ===================================================================== Dr. Jörg Kampmann - IBK-Consult for Real-Time and Embedded Systems D-31228 Peine - Tel.:+49-177-276-3140 - Fax: +49-5171-13385 http://www.ibk-consult.de ===== QNX is the better Choice for Real-Time: http://www.qnx.com ==== ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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