Mir, Atlantis

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I had a last chance to observe Mir and Atlantis(and Hyakutake...) this
(early) morning.  At 0318UT the first and most brilliant object(which I
presume was Atlantis) was preceding what was probably Mir with a distance of
about 32 degrees.   I was very much surprised by the brightness of Atlantis
which reached magnitude -3.  Does anyone know in which mode they were flying
?  Were they flying with the payload doors open or closed ?
The second object(Mir ?) had a brightness of magnitude -1.

Tristan Cools
tcools@nic.INbe.net

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