As you may be aware I am a beginner. Enjoying this hobby very much though. MIR has been quite nice this last week, though cloudy weather does not help. So have the Iridium Flares, though I find some flare dimmer than predicted, whilst others do indeed reach -4 to -6. Seeing MIR the other night made me wonder. Come June 99 we shall loose that familiar & much loved object in the sky. So, we have to wait for the International Space Station. Now my question. Firstly does anyone have any idea yet of its orbit yet? I ask because what I am worried about is whether it will have an orbit similar to MIR's, where everyone gets a look in some time or other, or, will it be like Hubble, never getting above the horizon here. I hope some one can put my mind at rest as I would imagine the ISS would be a lot brighter than MIR, so a nice sight to see. 73's de William, in Telford, Shropshire, ENGLAND. {52 degrees North, 2 degrees West}. EMAIL : g4fbz@t-ajp.demon.co.uk PACKET : G4FBZ at GB7MAX.#28.GBR.EU