Ahhhhhhhhhhhh thanks Robert , you have just answered my earlier question re the launch period cut off. :O) Similar observing conditions here........if the weather behaves , we should have some good sighting opportunities.Problem is we are presently stuck in a westerley stream of storms , bringing in heavy cloud and winds on a depression driven conveyor belt ! John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Holdsworth" <robbonz1@xtra.co.nz> To: "Seesat List" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 9:01 AM Subject: Re: Bad news > Though this now is not possible with launch slated for Saturday UTC > earliest, there may still be good possibilities for us as we have good > early morning passes here which are still likely to be close to > rendezvous, Cloud may still be an issue for observation here though > prospects seem a little better than they would have been for an earlier > launch. > > I note that there is only a launch cut off after 8 days because any later > would result in heating problems at the end of the mission: we are > looking forward to an ISS marathon around Christmas! > > Robert Holdsworth > Wainuiomata > New Zealand > 174.948E > 41.261S > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Holdsworth" <robbonz1@xtra.co.nz> > To: "Seesat List" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 6:29 AM > Subject: Re: Bad news > > >> This is actually good news for us (well it could be but the bad news is >> chances are I will be clouded out!) >> >> We have a shadow exit pass at 1535 Sunday UTC (0435 Monday local) which >> is during the rendezvous procedure. >> >> Robert Holdsworth >> Wainuiomata >> New Zealand >> 174.948E >> 41.261S >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
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