In a message dated Mon, 26 Feb 2001 1:21:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, Bruno Tilgner <Bruno_Tilgner@compuserve.com> writes: //////////////////////////////// On Saturday 24 February 2001 at about 18:20 UTC Mir and ISS were seen *simultaneously* in several parts of France and in Belgium. Weather in southern France was better than further north, so most observations were made in the south. As far as I know, this was the first such encounter (and also the last) which not only was a spectacular sight but had symbolic character as well: old Mir meets its successor, shortly before its demise. ///////////////////////////// Actually it happened at my location at 22:48 UTC, 31 December 2000. The Mir was going from W to NE and the ISS passed W to SW at a somewhat lower elevation. At one point they were within about 5 degrees of each other near Altair. I probably would have reported the pass but after all it was New Year's Eve. :-) ISS 20.0 4.0 0.0 2.5 d 1 25544U 98067A 01004.30873843 .00068844 00000-0 62485-3 0 4646 2 25544 51.5741 198.0621 0008300 307.9081 61.3632 15.67317597121445 Mir Complex 32.7 4.2 0.0 1.6 v 1 16609U 86017A 01007.48306713 .00114402 15775-4 40545-3 0 4115 2 16609 51.6458 287.9958 0015970 204.8534 138.9286 15.88666885851337 Cheers, Don Gardner 39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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