The STS-127 docking is scheduled just as the two spacecraft come over the New Zealand horizon. Unfortunately they are in shadow till about 3 minutes after docking. I have put the word out so hopefully there may be some new observers. Prospects for suitable weather are not particularly good, but here's hoping! Post-undocking passes look interesting, but more on that later if the flight plan doesn't change. P.S Wonder how many other observers also spend a lot of time telling people that you don't even need binoculars though they are useful, and that a telescope is not needed and is in fact no use for lay satellite observers to see the ISS/Shuttle! Robert Wainuiomata New Zealand 174.948E 41.261S ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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