re: mir and progress
Walter Nissen (dk058@cleveland.Freenet.Edu)
Tue, 3 Feb 1998 13:26:00 -0500 (EST)
richard.keen@kingsmarket.com writes:
> I Watched a pass of Mir followed by what I presume was the
> Progress M-37 vehicle.
> 1998 Feb 2 Mon UT 111 1319
> H M S Tim Al AziC Dir Mag Dys F Hgt Shd Rng R A Dec Name
> 2 16 18 .0 32 302 73 -.4 3 3 241 32 428 2240 43.1 Mir
> I apparently caught the Progress during a brief flash - does it
> have solar panels? Or do I have the two objects out of order,
> and the second object was Mir?
According to OIG elsets for Mir = 16609 = 86- 17 A and Progress M-37 =
25102 = 97- 81 A, you have the right order.
I observed these 2 on the previous orbit and also saw a glint of 1 or 2
magnitudes amplitude and duration about 3s from the Progress cargo tug at
980202 004500.
There is a fine picture of the then Mir complex on the front page of the
19930823 Av Leak showing 2 solar panels on Progress M-17.
I have repeatedly been auto-unsubscribed from SeeSat-L, apparently because
of spurious error messages being generated here. So I have a problem
receiving SeeSat and also maybe regular e-mail. Besides that I am way,
way behind in my responses to your posts. So please feel free to "remind"
me.
Cheers.
Walter Nissen dk058@cleveland.freenet.edu
-81.8637, 41.3735, 256m elevation
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