At 02:38 4/11/97 -0500, Floyd Weaver wrote: > How visivible will this be from the US east coast? It looks like >it will be closer to the coast than a shuttle flight to Mir (55 >inclination orbit and a launch azimuth about ten degrees to the right of >the shuttles). Does the Titan-4 follow a similar path to orbit? I'd hope >it climbs higher during powered flight than the shuttles 70 miles because >then I will be able to see it higher than 10 degree elv. If any of you can >give a good estimate of the launch time, to the narrow the offical two >hour window, would be very helpfull. Any other pluses or minuses? > > I saw one launch of the shuttle from the locate below and would >enjoy seeing more. Floyd, the object will be at 197Km or about 123miles at the injection point about 9N of you and 15E of you. Tony Beresford