RE: Mir and Atlantis visibility
Jeff Hunt (jhunt@eagle1.eaglenet.com)
Tue, 13 May 97 18:06:22
Yes, the existing elements for Mir are expected to fit for the docking.
You can find the predicted elsets for STS-84 for burns OMS2, NC1, and NC2
and the predicted elements for Mir at the STS-84 launch at:
http://sat.physics.ox.ac.uk/sat/shuttle.mir OR DIRECTLY AT
/sts.elset
-Jeff Hunt [jhunt@eagle1.eaglenet.com]
Newcomers can find an intro to observing sats at:
ftp://sat.physics.ox.ac.uk/pub/sat/info/satintro.zip
--- On Tue, 13 May 1997 16:47:33 -0400 (EDT) Walter Nissen
<dk058@cleveland.freenet.edu> wrote:
>Does anyone know if Mir has made its final maneuver prior to the Atlantis
>docking, so that this elset (courtesy Shuttle-Mir web)
>
>mir
>1 16609U 86017A 97133.44331108 .00002738 00000-0 36798-4 0 8076
>2 16609 51.6562 260.3948 0009962 6.0117 354.1163 15.59366415641607
>
>will remain fairly accurate through the Atlantis mission?
>Sure would be nice to get a few days advance notice with TLEs offering a
>rough idea (plus or minus a couple minutes) of where Mir and Atlantis are
>going to be during each stage of the mission.