STS

jay.respler@genie.geis.com
Tue, 7 Feb 95 04:05:00 UTC

During the Discovery launch, there was constant visibility of the exhaust at
first.  After fading, Discovery flashed back into view several times.
Does anyone know the cause of these pulses?
After MECO, are the engines fired again for short bursts to refine the orbit?
 
At 5:01 this morning, I just missed Mir, but did see Discovery in the NE at 20
deg elev.  A much better view was at 6:36am.  The sky was bright with only 1st
mag stars visible, when Mir came by in the SW, 55 deg elev, about mag 1.
Followed in 1/2 minute by Discovery, mag -1 or -2. I would like to have seen
them during rendezvous, but this was nice anyway.
 
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