See the Space Shuttle and the Space Station Promenade
Walter Nissen (dk058@cleveland.Freenet.Edu)
Fri, 3 Oct 1997 21:28:48 -0400 (EDT)
Spectacular "Promenade" overflights by Atlantis and Mir are occurring over
large sections of North America as I write this. Atlantis, I am fairly
sure, is leading Mir. I observed both minutes ago, thru a murky
atmosphere and Atlantis was brighter, tho no payload bay lights could be
seen after ingress of the shadow of Earth.
The latest elsets I've seen are these:
Mir oig
1 16609U 86017A 97275.23657826 .00005943 00000-0 77521-4 0 6694
2 16609 51.6520 267.8789 0005515 183.6121 176.5249 15.60273986663734
STS-86 jsc
1 24964U 97055A 97276.90165217 .00002738 00000-0 36798-4 0 9158
2 24964 51.6538 259.5002 0017618 356.2032 3.8991 15.66623022 1231
If anyone would like to try to adjust the STS elset, Atlantis ran right
over (< ~1') iota Oph at 19971004 005619.4 UTC as seen from my location.
Cheers.
Walter Nissen dk058@cleveland.freenet.edu
-81.8637, 41.3735, 256m elevation
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Astronomy is looking up!
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LA, CA, is favored:
34.097 117.719 1169. Claremont <--------- 1950 13.5 8 F F F F F
*** 1997 Oct 4 *** Times are UT *** 215 13 1
H M S TIM AL AZI C U MAG REVS HGT SHD RNG EW PHS R A DEC
24964 STS-86 .1
2 25 35 .0 81 319 C 45 -1.4 3.1 367 231 371 3.7 84 1854 40.2
16609 Mir Complex .1
2 27 7 .0 79 319 C 46 -1.2 29.6 396 256 404 3.4 85 1846 42.2