Mir16609@aol.com wrote: > > It seems to me that whenever the Shuttle was launched > for a Mir docking or an ISS docking, the respective > Space Station would lead the shuttle at launch time by > 20 minutes or so. Today's launch seem like a radical > departure (so to speak) from past launches (< 5 minute > difference). Actually not. STS-105 also launched close to the station. Here's what I posted at the time: > Discovery and ET seen from High Wycombe, England. First spotted about 10° > above the horizon due west ascending to perhaps 25° when what I assume was > the ET entered eclipse. A few seconds later the orbiter also entered > eclipse at 21:30:26 UTC. > > ISS seen about five minutes later. When it passed roughly the same point > as the orbiter entered eclipse time was 21:35:05 UTC. > > ISS was much brighter and did not enter eclipse before I lost sight of it > under the eaves of the house (maybe 80° elevation). Ed Davies. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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