Re: Mir/Shuttle pass observed
Bryan Dort (bdort@freeway.net)
Fri, 26 Sep 1997 08:58:23 -0400
> But apparently I didn't wait long enough for Shuttle! My elset yielded
> a pass with a near-zenith culmination at 12:04:39, less than 8 minutes
> behind Mir. The solar elevation at that time was -4.5; I could still
> see Capella, which was more or less near where it was to have passed.
> But if the Shuttle was still 15 minutes behind on this orbit, the
> culmination would have been at 12:11, and I quit looking about 12:06.
> I thought it was more likely to be early than late....
Ed,
I was using the Rev 3 elset for STS-86 and the latest Molczan for MIR:
STS-86
1 24964U 97055A 97269.25370023 .00019982 16825-8 87255-4 0 21
2 24964 51.6532 298.1148 0046442 120.3668 21.7071 15.82214944 39
Mir Complex 32.7 4.2 0.0 1.6 v
1 16609U 86017A 97268.70362797 .00004778 00000-0 63562-4 0 6457
2 16609 51.6546 300.7345 0004156 165.1410 194.9726 15.60274922662715
The pass I observed was right on with these.
The one thing I've learned while Sat Observing is patience.
Bryan
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