Chris > ---------- > From: Chris Peat[SMTP:Chris.Peat@dlr.de] > Sent: 15 January 2000 19:19 > To: George, Marple; SeeSat-L@blackadder.lmsal.com > Subject: Re: STS99-observation? > > George, > If the sky is clear in the UK on the evening of the launch you will > have a > good chance to see STS-99, and also the external tank which observers > in the > USA miss because it is on a suborbital flight and re-enters over the > Indian > Ocean before completing one revolution. The tank is also very bright, > and > can be distinguished from the shuttle because of its reddish colour. > The > shuttle should fly over the UK 20 minutes or so after launch, so even > if > there is a delay, you know roughly when to go outside and start > looking. > Thanks to you and Ron Lee for alerting us in the UK to the possibility of seeing STS-99 on its first orbit. I can confirm that it's possible to see the tank, and both objects will be very bright, at magnitude 0. In November 1985? there was a 57 degree launch, when I saw both the STS and tank in a bright twilit sky. I remember the occasion particularly because the tank passed only 6' arc from Capella, the only star visible to the naked eye. Regards David David M Brierley Malvern, Worcestershire, UK Station 2675, 52.1358N 2.3264W 70m -- The Information contained in this E-Mail and any subsequent correspondence is private and is intended solely for the intended recipient(s). For those other than the recipient any disclosure, copying, distribution, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on such information is prohibited and may be unlawful. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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