When does Atlantis dock, and when does she undock ? According to heavens-above, I can see the ISS from Geneva as of May 25 each morning. according to heavens-above I can also see Atlantis from Geneva starting May 25 each morning, on similar path but not at same time. Does this mean that on May 25 they will already be undocked again ? Landing is May 29, so undocking May 25 seems early to me. According to heavens-above, the passes of Atlantis as seen from Geneva will be very bright, in negative magnitudes, and flying from high south to low east, excellent for me to view right from my balcony. I will try to take images, weather permitting. http://eclipse.span.ch/atlantis.htm Again according to heavens-above, I should see Atlantis on May 29 at mag. -3.0 around 04h24 MESZ (02H24 UT), which would be probably a few hours before landing. I think she will do one more orbit after that pass but in daytime it will hardly be visible from Geneva. Is this correct ? In that case, the 04h24 pass will be very bright AND quite low orbit, thus best chance to distinguish Atlantis' shape with strong binoculars or video zoom lens. Olivier "Klipsi" Staiger HIGH MOON http://eclipse.span.ch "I'm not important, I'm just lucky." ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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/seesat/seesatindex.html
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