RE: Mir, Atlantis
Walter Ridgewell (wridgew1@opus.mhc.ab.ca)
Sat, 30 Mar 1996 10:22:13 -0700
By the display on the NASA satellite channel (the computer one that =
shows orbiter posittion and attitude), it was on its side, with the =
wings towards the earth. As opposed to the cargo bay pointing that =
direction. The payload bay doors are closed and secured at this time , =
and during the last pass, which I missed due to a good movie :-( .
Walter
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From: Tristan Cools[SMTP:tcools@nic.INbe.net]
Sent: March 30, 1996 2:53 AM
To: seesat-l@iris01.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de
Subject: Mir, Atlantis
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