An e-mailed comment from a SeeSat-L reader, that the predicted altitude of the shuttle over the U.K. seemed too high, has prompted me to review and revise my estimated MECO elements. I found that I had used an unrealistic argument of perigee for the MECO orbit. Here is my revised report. For the scheduled launch on 2002 Jun 05, I estimate lift-off at 21:22:40 UTC +/- 12 s. Estimated MECO elements: 1 70000U 02156.91822810 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 16 2 70000 51.6368 109.9446 0140000 352.0000 185.6343 16.48000000 05 Umbral eclipse entry would be about 21:44:31 UTC, 49.07 N, 4.56 E, 186 km altitude, but it would be prudent to allow for perhaps 1 min uncertainty. (This is one minute earlier and considerably lower in altitude than my original estimate.) Some portion of the pass would be visible from much of northern Europe. Estimated OMS-2 elements: 1 70000U 02156.91822820 .00025948 12201-4 18433-4 0 18 2 70000 51.6368 109.9446 0011454 285.1487 252.4856 16.17009401 02 I used STS 108's elements as a proxy for STS 111. Ted Molczan ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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/sat/seesat/seesatindex.html
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