If things run according to plan we will see the ISS and STS-129 in between final rendezvous burn and docking. We have a good pass early morning (our time) the previous day as well but weather outlook is dismal. Interesting that they are conducting this mission at around the peak of the Leonids meteor shower! In connection with the NASA tweetup there was today a very interesting presentation of a tour of the Shuttle Launchpad (including close up views and explanation of many parts of the shuttle itself) at http://astronomy.fm and they have indicated that it will shortly be available for replay on demand. (Membership required but it is free.) The presentation is about two hours duration and gives a really good understanding of many aspects of a shuttle launch from the perspective of NASA launch crews. Highly recommended when available. Robert Holdsworth Wainuiomata New Zealand 174.948E 41.261S ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Fetter" <kfetter@yahoo.com> To: <seesat-l@satobs.org> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 3:47 PM Subject: space shuttle launch on Nov 16 > At 19:28 utc, the space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to launch. It will > dock to the ISS at around 16:56 utc ( Nov 18 ) > > Webcast > > http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html > > Orbital data > > http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/SSapplications/Post/JavaSSOP/orbit/SHUTTLE/SVPOST.html > > Kevin > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane with All new Yahoo! > Mail: http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4608 (20091114) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4610 (20091115) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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