NASA says that the new launch time is 2212:51 GMT (I was only off by 6 minutes, and I know very little about orbital mechanics!). Surprisingly, the launch window is 20 minutes wide. NASA telegraphed the time by waiting until the 24-hour mark to pass (Even before it was announced, say 2200 GMT, it was known that the Shuttle would not be launching until at least 2200 GMT Thursday). Please excuse me for saying so, but not giving out the launch time more than 24 hours in advance for a mission to an object in orbit (i.e., ISS) is a joke. The policy only works for missions to just Earth orbit (no rendenzvous). ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W 5 hours behind UT (-5) ***DOZENS OF SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, ASTRONOMY, SKY AND TELESCOPE, AD ASTRA MAGAZINES ARE FOR SALE*** ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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