Mir16609@aol.com wrote: > > Question: in previous missions the shuttle seems to fly closer to the ISS > even 2 days after socking - like they were chained together. This evening's > 45 second separation was a bit of a surprise. Anyone know why the change? Hi Don, This afternoon at around 20:30 UT the shuttle made a 13 sec burn of its left OMS engine to slow it down. The change in orbit was said by NASA TV to be made to adjust for the landing opportunity on Wednesday. Dan -- Daniel Deak representant, projet spatial Starshine Drummondville, Quebec COSPAR site 1746 : 45.8537°N, 72.4857°W, 90 m., UTC-4:00 Site en francais sur les satellites: French-language satellite web site : http://www.obsat.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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