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 -- Notice to Satellite Watchers in Southern U.S. --

It looks like Tuesday morning may present a good opportunity
for those in Texas, Florida and the Southeast to see Space
Shuttle Endeavour in tandem with the Wake Shield Facility!
Could be an interesting sight to see... although I don't
know how bright the WSF will be, nor how far it leads or
follows Endeavour in the sky.

STS-69
1 23667U 95048A   95252.70015697  .00005557  13165-9  53332-4 0    42
2 23667  28.4652  29.1263 0006991 299.9894 294.7489 15.65391983   330

I believe the schedule for STS-69 is to retrieve the SPARTAN
satellite on Sunday, release the WSF on Monday and retrieve
it on Wednesday.

For those that may not be familiar with the WSF, it is a large
flat disk that flies some distance away from the Shuttle in a
face-on attitude.  The disk pushes what few air molecules are
present in its path out of the way, leaving a much more pure
vacuum in its wake.  Thin-film experiments will be conducted
on the wake side.

Please share any observations you make here! And please, no
excuses about 5 AM being too early to wake up :)

-- Jim



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Jim Varney, P.E.                                           Sacramento, CA
Civil Engineer                                      jim.varney@24stex.com
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