Hello SeaSatl world ... The NASA TDRS-6 satellite will be having long inclination reduction maneuvers over the next 2 weeks. It is currently being maintained in a 'box' at 47-degrees West longitude +/- either 0.1 or 0.5 degrees, depending upon who you ask and at what time you ask. Its inclination has grown to about 2.5 to 3-degrees, and the goal is to begin maintaining the bird in a geosynchronous box centered at 47-degrees West with a maximum +/- 0.1 degrees about this point in both longitude and inclination. One pair of North/South inclination-reduction maneuvers has been successfully completed this past weekend; 3 more pairs are tentatively planned. The next pair of maneuvers will occur between 1996/DOY #178/26 June between 00:10-02:20 GMT and 12:10-14:20 GMT -- tomorrow night and the next morning. Each maneuver will require continuous thruster firings on the order of 2 hours duration. I have long wondered about the visibility of these maneuvers. Is there anyone out there who has the time and desire to look in the right direction at the right time and convince themselves it can be seen? I'd be very interested in any and all responses. Up-to-date, relatively accurate orbital elements should be available from the GSFC WWW pages you all frequent. Thanx, Steve Walter = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = | Steve + Lynn Walter | The LAST Acre | 190 Horseshoe Circle East | Las Cruces, New Mexico 88005-5572 | | [~ 107 deg 03 min West Longitude | x +32 deg 23 min North Latitude] | | [Email Addresses] walterlc@huntel.com | or swalter@tdrss.wsc.nasa.gov = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =