Forwarded with permission: I would like you to forward this to SeaSat L. I can also remember during this time you had Skylab which had an orbit like the ISS today. Around the time of the summer solstice in June 1973 Skylab stayed in sunlight all the time. This would happen when Skylab reached its most northerly part of its orbit when it was around 1:00 AM local daylight saving time. Then it was empty. When it was occupied by men in the middle of January 1974 there was another period when Skylab stayed in sunlight all the time. Then it reached its most southerly part of its orbit when it was around 1:00 AM local daylight saving time. At that time it was not be visible from Seattle because all the passes were in daylight as they would tend to center on 1:00 PM local daylight saving time over a period of just over six hours. In June 1973 they centered on 1:00 AM local daylight saving time and would all be in darkness. In the winter the lower orbit of Skylab meant that passes could not be seen more that two hours and fifteen minutes before sunrise or two hours and fifteen minutes after sunset. Sincerely, Gary Peterson ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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