> This launch will have illumination geometry for some fairly good > forward scattering so I'm hoping for a show worth dragging people > out of bed for (early evening launches out of VAFB are often very > impressive for viewers in the Southwest). I've never heard of such > observations for a shuttle launch though, but I can't recall any > that have had quite the right timing for this either. Is it possible for the sun to provide a glint off the space shuttle as it ascends, in such conditions? At my location, an unlit shuttle willl be difficult to see in the morning twilight. A launch 10 minutes earlier would dramatically increase the launching stack's visibility. ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W 4 hours behind UT (-4) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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