STS115 solar transit..........

From: John Locker (john@satcom.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Sun Sep 10 2006 - 02:22:19 EDT

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    Hi all,
    
    Following yesterdays great launch it looks like I have a low elevation solar 
    transit this afternoon just a few miles away.
    
    Quick question ,......does anyone know how much the orbit of Atlantis is 
    likely to change in the next 12 hours ?
    Catching it on the disk is going to be pretty tricky using a small 
    FOV....and the target is only 12 arc secs , so pinpoint accuracy will be 
    required.
    
    BTW at http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/satcom_transits/Atlantis_.wmv you 
    can hear a few seconds of UHF downlink from the orbiter , which I fed live 
    into my recording of NASA TV ( digital satellite feed )
    First you hear the UHF call direct...which then pops up on NASA tv a second 
    or so later.
    
    John
    
    
    
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