Saw the Shuttle/ISS pass three hours (2 revs) later from the West Coast from the previous post with the separation 67 seconds of time. Shuttle was obviously brighter (about -2 magnitude) than ISS (about 0-magnitude), equating to about an 11 seconds per rev advance of the Shuttle relative to ISS post-sep on this mission, so far. Happy landings! Rick Baldridge Campbell, CA USA 37.2718N 121.9770W NAD1927 !!! ----- Original Message ----- From: <Mir16609@aol.com> To: <SeeSat-L@blackadder.lmsal.com> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 6:36 PM Subject: Re: Shuttle and ISS > 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 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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