There does seem to be something going on. Here on Australia's east coast I have never seen a Soyuz, only see Shuttles if there is a delay in launch (ISS is also invisible during shuttle flights) and only see Progresses when they stay in orbit for a while after undocking. I suspect that this because Moscow and Houston try to schedule launches and major manoeuvrers during their "working hours". Or perhaps it's a conspiracy. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rainer Kresken" <rkresken@t-online.de> To: "SeeSat" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 8:28 PM Subject: Soyuz/Progress docking rules > Dear all, > > I have been looking for many years for an opportunity to see a Soyuz or > Progress craft in the vincinity of Mir and later the ISS. > My lack of success in this mater can not be accounted to bad luck > anymore and I speculate that there are certain lighting/ground station > coverage rules in place for such dockings that exclude visibity from my > location in Germany (50 N, 9 E). > Does anybody know more about these rules? > > Thanks in advance! > > Rainer > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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