For the lastest docking, at 14:49 UT on Feb 4, the iss was in the earth's shadow, and in europe the sun was above the horizon. It seems that they like to dock the progress to the iss, when the sun is above the horizon for europe and north america, based off past docking times. And the iss was passing over russia at the time it docks. This is so they can watch the progress dock, and make sure it docks ok using it's automatic docking system. So if something happens during docking, they can take over control of progress from the ground if needed. At least that' what I understand. Kevin _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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