>- If the vehicle has a fourth stage, wait around for fourth stage iginition >(it may make for an artifical comet). > >- The launch aftermath will probably form an interesting, twisted cloud ----------------------------- I believe that the launch azimuth is to the SE so the visibility from the Baltimore-Washington area won't be as good as it will be for people in the Carolinas. Ref: The Shuttle launch For those who use Rob Matson's Skymap, here is the "trj" file used to predict the shuttle's ascent for ISS docking missions. Two Comments of the file and the SW: 1. The actual track that I've observed is about 0.5 deg higher than the plot. 2. I don't think that Skymap reads the "seconds" part of the predicted launch time. [When I adjusted the the launch time by 15 seconds the plot was shifted by a full minute] "sts.trj" 0 28.608 -80.599 0.040000 2 28.608 -80.599 0.040607 4 28.608 -80.599 0.065049 6 28.608 -80.599 0.118879 8 28.608 -80.599 0.192818 10 28.608 -80.599 0.295067 12 28.608 -80.599 0.422240 14 28.608 -80.599 0.578733 16 28.608 -80.599 0.762820 18 28.609 -80.599 0.975849 20 28.609 -80.598 1.218101 30 28.613 -80.594 2.863614 40 28.620 -80.586 5.182014 50 28.631 -80.574 8.049898 60 28.645 -80.558 11.362666 70 28.664 -80.537 15.310110 80 28.692 -80.507 20.070929 90 28.732 -80.464 25.733641 100 28.782 -80.409 31.873362 110 28.840 -80.348 38.090968 120 28.909 -80.274 44.582808 130 28.985 -80.192 51.020150 140 29.066 -80.105 57.123461 150 29.151 -80.011 62.859502 160 29.242 -79.912 68.226977 170 29.338 -79.806 73.223374 180 29.439 -79.693 77.858228 190 29.546 -79.573 82.137527 200 29.658 -79.446 86.067763 210 29.776 -79.312 89.656036 220 29.901 -79.170 92.909543 230 30.032 -79.020 95.835800 240 30.169 -78.861 98.442357 250 30.313 -78.694 100.737651 260 30.465 -78.518 102.734154 270 30.623 -78.332 104.441632 280 30.789 -78.137 105.870046 290 30.963 -77.931 107.029616 300 31.145 -77.715 107.931912 330 31.743 -76.996 109.233784 360 32.425 -76.158 108.757728 390 33.205 -75.182 107.217515 420 34.095 -74.040 105.062044 450 35.113 -72.692 103.205803 480 36.270 -71.104 102.822631 510 37.552 -69.261 104.860834 540 38.843 -67.287 107.925407 570 40.094 -65.239 111.123745 600 41.302 -63.114 114.429189 630 42.462 -60.908 117.835703 660 43.572 -58.619 121.341650 690 44.629 -56.244 124.948393 720 45.627 -53.782 128.647578 750 46.564 -51.232 132.430531 780 47.435 -48.596 136.289638 810 48.237 -45.874 140.219486 840 48.965 -43.069 144.213939 870 49.615 -40.186 148.266061 900 50.185 -37.231 152.374457 930 50.671 -34.211 156.515129 960 51.070 -31.136 160.703417 990 51.380 -28.016 164.925985 1020 51.599 -24.862 169.176338 1050 51.725 -21.687 173.449732 1080 51.759 -18.505 177.740501 1110 51.699 -15.330 182.040340 1140 51.548 -12.174 186.346932 1170 51.306 -9.051 190.654140 1200 50.976 -5.972 194.957046 1230 50.560 -2.948 199.249682 1260 50.061 0.012 203.528587 1290 49.482 2.900 207.787462 1320 48.828 5.709 212.022851 1350 48.103 8.435 216.229834 1380 47.310 11.074 220.403748 1410 46.453 13.626 224.541374 1440 45.536 16.089 228.637251 1470 44.565 18.464 232.688902 1500 43.541 20.751 236.691363 1530 42.470 22.954 240.641532 1560 41.354 25.075 244.536056 1590 40.197 27.116 248.370693 1620 39.002 29.081 252.143418 1650 37.773 30.974 255.849678 1680 36.511 32.798 259.487480 1710 35.219 34.557 263.053192 1740 33.901 36.254 266.543929 1770 32.558 37.894 269.957841 1800 31.191 39.480 273.291119 1830 29.804 41.016 276.542413 1860 28.398 42.504 279.706316 1890 26.975 43.949 282.781192 1920 25.535 45.353 285.766812 1950 24.081 46.719 288.660314 1980 22.614 48.051 291.460512 2010 21.135 49.351 294.164314 2040 19.645 50.621 296.770479 2070 18.146 51.865 299.276286 2100 16.638 53.085 301.676184 Don Gardner 39.1799 N, 76.8406 W 100 mALS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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