Pass is at 1322 on October 10 UTC so first pass after Progress launch will be early on the 11th our time. Should also be a Soyuz R/B to look out for, I have seen one unassisted before and they usually are only in orbit for a few days. before decay. It is looking highly unlikely that conditions will permit any observation here with rain or showers forecast for the rest of the week. As the Progress is manned launch is to be broadcast on NASA-TV and may also appear on the tracker at spaceflight.nasa.gov Robert Wainuiomata New Zealand 174.948E 41.261S ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Prichard" <gprichard@vtown.com.au> To: "Bob Christy" <rdc@zarya.info>; <seesat-l@satobs.org> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 9:16 PM Subject: Re: Soyuz TMA-11 > Thanks Bob and MS, > Their is a predicted passage of the ISS visible from my location > in the AM hours of 10OCT07 so my next question is...approximately how > long does it take for the Soyuz to reach the ISS? > Gordon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Christy" <rdc@zarya.info> > To: <seesat-l@satobs.org> > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 9:33 PM > Subject: RE: Soyuz TMA-11 > > >> The following element set should be good for searching on the first > five >> orbits. The actual value of n will probably be a little lower so it > will be >> up to 30s late by rev 5. >> >> SOYUZ TMA-11 >> 1 99999U 07999A 07283.61065000 .01000000 12013-4 00000+0 0 01 >> 2 99999 51.5715 228.8470 0044198 80.8015 279.7288 16.24602160 11 >> >> It is based on launch 2007 October 10 13:22:14 UTC (17:22:14 Moscow > Summer >> Time) >> >> Visibility seems to be around 45 deg North before northern apex, and > about >> 40 deg South after southern apex. >> >> Bob Christy >> Lincoln, UK >> 53.2233 deg North >> 0.6004 deg West >> Height 59m >> >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: gprichard [mailto:gprichard@vtown.com.au] >> > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 10:50 AM >> > To: seesat-l@satobs.org >> > Subject: Soyuz TMA-11 >> > >> > Hello everybody, >> > Is this launch (Soyuz TMA-11) proceeding on schedule? Is >> > there any possibility of observing it from my location in >> > Newcastle, Australia (32.9S, 151.7E)? >> > Gordon >> > >> > -------------------------------------------------------------- >> > ----------- >> > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, >> > SeeSat-L archive: >> > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html >> > >> > >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L > archive: >> http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > __________ NOD32 2577 (20071008) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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