Thanks to Neil Clifford, STS-71 and Mir

From: Walter Nissen <dk058_at_cleveland.Freenet.Edu>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 13:42:55 -0400
Due to an apparent meteorological malfunction, the seasonally abnormal,
but highly persistent, Gulf of Mexico cloudiness of the last few weeks
broke last evening just after severe thunderstorms raked the Cleveland
area.  The break left a blue haze in parts of the sky and very light white
cloud (contrails?) crisscrossing the rest.

Mir
1 16609U 86017A   95177.57042795  .00002606  00000-0  42223-4 0  1007
2 16609  51.6480 110.7224 0004878 115.5949 244.5543 15.56965667534337

was very easy naked eye as it went 70 degrees up and

STS-71
1 99971U          95178.99755065  .00073094  00000+0  36497-3 0  9065
2 99971  51.6510 103.7566 0070259 195.3708 164.5159 15.76427146    47

a little more difficult as it went into the shadow of the Earth while only
about 30 degrees up.  Many thanks to Neil Clifford for posting the STS-71
elset which proved to be very accurate (Atlantis was about 3s behind).
Thnaks especially for doing so with enough lead time to allow me to notify
many others.  I would guess that over the day which remains before docking
that Atlantis will steadily close the difference between the second and
first elsets above, meaning that STS-71 should be a few minutes behind Mir
here in North America this evening.

Here are the latest TLEs from OIG Goddard:

Mir
1 16609U 86017A   95178.66157061  .00002348  00000-0  38713-4 0  1014
2 16609  51.6480 105.2604 0004925 119.1316 241.0170 15.56970458534566
Mir
1 16609U 86017A   95178.66157061  .00002044  00000-0  34587-4 0  1023
2 16609  51.6485 105.2627 0004953 121.1692 238.9758 15.56968809534561
STS71
1 23600U 95030A   95179.58333333 -.00000780  00000-0  00000+0 0    53
2 23600  51.6498 100.7531 0065396 181.4638 263.2866 15.74302938   121

Cheers.

Walter Nissen           dk058@cleveland.freenet.edu            216-243-4980

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