Oops longitude here is 174.948E, but all other details correct and everything looking good with an excellent launch. Pass is around 26 mins from OMS-2 with culmination just on half an hour post OMS-2 so this will be a useful indicator. Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Holdsworth" <robbonz1@xtra.co.nz> To: "Seesat List" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 4:57 AM Subject: STS-120 pass for New Zealand > For any New Zealanders like me who may be awake at this early hour to > watch the launch , we have a pass around just over an hour after launch. > > Conditions here are excellent at this stage, I hope to report a sighting. > > Because of the need to get this mail out as soon as possible I have not > checked Australian passes, but any over there who are awake at this even > earlier hour for them may care to do so! > > > Robert > Wainuiomata > New Zealand. > 147.948E > 41.261S > > > Robert Hold > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ed Cannon" <edcannonsat@yahoo.com> > To: <seesat-l@satobs.org> > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 7:40 PM > Subject: STS-120 pass Tuesday evening - Texas and neighbors > > >> NASA's sightings page predicts a good Space Shuttle pass >> over Texas Tuesday evening. (Of course this is assuming >> that the launch is not delayed for a day due to weather >> or some other factor.) Here's that website: >> >> http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/index.html >> >> If I haven't goofed at this late hour, they also show the >> same pass for New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Oklahoma, and >> western Louisiana. The pass culminates here as it goes >> into the Earth's shadow at about 1:08 UTC (8:08 PM >> Central). >> >> Wishing them successful mission! >> >> Ed Cannon - Austin, Texas, USA >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: >> http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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