At 01:21 AM 16/09/2007, Art Glick wrote: >Hi SeeSaters, > >The Foton M-3 package has the longest tether ever. > >The most amazing thing I have ever seen in 50 years of looking up >was the Italian tether experiment from the Shuttle back in the >1990's that failed. This one is almost twice as long! > >Heavens-Above, upon which I depend heavily, does not have these >items in the data base yet, and I know that something like a tether >isn't going to last too long. > >Would any of you kind souls be able to tell me if we have any >viewing opportunities here in southern WV (38.067N, 80.434W). I've >got a Clear Sky Alarm for tonight! Art, the tether is only going to be deployed for a couple of orbits. The only geographical locations having any visibility are high latitudes near either pole. this was mentioned on this list a week or two ago. Tony Beresford ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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