Re: ISS / CSS meetings ?

From: Alex D. via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021 18:38:33 +0100
If I understand correctly, the CSS is manned by 3 crew via Shenzou-13.

Any chance to get the taikonauts to release pictures of the ISS? They are
about 30km lower, so they must have an excellent opportunity to photograph
the ISS against the blackness of space for the oncoming encounters.

Has anyone a link with these people?

-alex-


On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 9:55 PM bjtwg_at_139.com <bjtwg_at_139.com> wrote:

> Hi Alex,
>
> Thanks for the notice! The passing at around UTC 09:23 Dec. 10 in Beijing
> should be easily observed with CSS at about +1 mag I guess, with a time
> separation around 2 minutes. The passing at around UTC 10:56 would be too
> low for most places like Beijing.
>
> Best, Jin
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> *From:* Alex D. via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
> *Date:* 2021-12-05 02:54
> *To:* seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
> *Subject:* ISS / CSS meetings ?
> Hello,
>
> Between 2021-12-09--11 the ISS and CSS will meet relatively closely.
>
> Approximate times and areas; I did not check if the stations will be
> sufficiently visible enough (ground observer dark enough) at each moment.
>
> 2021-12-09:
>
> 19:30: Tenerife
> 22:35: East coast USA
>
> 2021-12-10:
>
> 03:59 South Africa
> 07:50 Japan
> 08:37 Uruguay
> 09:22 Mongolia - E. China - Korea - Japan
> 10:10 Argentinia
> 10:56 India - Mongolia - China
> 14:00 Middle East
> 15:30 Eastern Europe - Mediterranean
> 17:07 Southern Europe
>
> Although not reliable for now (TLE validity), the next dates for such
> meetings are around 2022-01-09.
>
> Source: visual search on Celestrak [1]
>
> rgds,
>
> -alex-
>
> [1]
>
> https://celestrak.com/cesium/orbit-viz.php?tle=/pub/TLE/catalog.txt&satcat=/pub/satcat.txt&referenceFrame=1
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