STS-78 / MIR Close Approach

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Based on initial STS-78 elements, the Shuttle will come within about 112 km of
MIR about 15:10 UTC on 23 Jun. They will be in sunlight, but over the Atlantic
off Morocco at about 31.5 N and 19.0 W.  Not quite close enough to pass a cold
Pepsi.

           Time UTC          Sep    Plane   Distance 
 DOW   MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS    Angle   Angle      km    

 Sun   06/23/96 15:09:24     3.41   67.496   415.3   
 Sun   06/23/96 15:09:36     2.54   67.497   317.6   
 Sun   06/23/96 15:09:48     1.66   67.497   224.2   
 Sun   06/23/96 15:10:00     0.78   67.497   144.3   
 Sun   06/23/96 15:10:06     0.34   67.497   118.5   

 Sun   06/23/96 15:10:12     0.10   67.497   111.9   

 Sun   06/23/96 15:10:18     0.54   67.498   127.7   
 Sun   06/23/96 15:10:30     1.41   67.498   199.3   
 Sun   06/23/96 15:10:42     2.29   67.498   290.3   
 Sun   06/23/96 15:10:54     3.17   67.498   387.2   
 Sun   06/23/96 15:11:00     3.61   67.498   436.6   

Other close approaches (note: Pacific Daylight Time):

           Time PDT          Sep    Plane   Distance 
 DOW   MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS    Angle   Angle      km    

 Thu   06/20/96 21:40:00     5.27   65.356   626.4   34N 148E
 Tue   06/25/96 18:40:00     4.37   69.576   524.0   28N 172E
 Sun   06/30/96 13:20:00     7.87   73.442   928.6   30S 32E
 Sun   06/30/96 14:50:00     5.03   73.495   599.6   30S 9E
 Wed   07/03/96 01:20:00     1.94   75.359   252.6   26S 158W

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