Re: 1st Shuttle launch obs for Europe?

From: Markus Mehring (m.m@gmx.de)
Date: Wed Jul 17 2002 - 13:04:52 EDT

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    On Wed, 17 Jul 2002 10:47:21 +0200, you ("Sebastian Stabroth"
    <s.stabroth@tu-bs.de>) wrote:
    
    >when was the first possible observation of a Shuttle right after launch for
    >Europe?
    >I was able to watch the orbiter + external tank during STS-66 (1994-073A,
    >#23340) on Nov 3rd, 1994, 21 minutes after lift-off. But was it really the first
    >possibility?
    
    Here's a list of Shuttle launches up to STS-66 with an inclination high
    enough to at least pass over parts of Europe. Launch dates and times
    included, last column is inclination:
    
    1981-34A   12399 STS-1 Columbia F1    04/12/81  12H00M  40.4
    1981-111A  12953 STS-2 Columbia F2    11/12/81  15H07M  38
    1982-22A   13106 STS-3 Columbia F3    03/22/82  16H05M  38
    1983-116A  14523 STS-9 Columbia F6    11/28/83  16H05M  57
    1984-108A  15353 STS-41G/13 Challeng. 10/05/84  11H02M  57
    1985-34A   15665 STS-51B ChallengerF7 04/29/85  16H05M  57
    1985-63A   15925 STS-51F ChallengerF8 07/29/85  21H07M  49.5
    1985-104A  16230 STS-61A/ChallengerF9 10/30/85  17H02M  57
    1988-106A  19670 STS-27 Atlantis F3   12/02/88  14H24M  57
    1989-61A   20164 STS-28 Columbia F8   08/08/89  12H43M  57
    1990-19A   20512 STS-36 Atlantis F6   02/28/90  07H55M  62
    1991-31A   21242 STS-39 Discovery F12 04/28/91  11H31M  57
    1991-40A   21399 STS-40 Columbia F11  06/05/91  13H26M  39
    1991-63A   21700 STS-48 Discovery F13 09/12/91  23H17M  57
    1992-02A   21846 STS-42 Discovery F14 01/22/92  14H52M  57
    1992-15A   21915 STS-45 Atlantis F11  03/24/92  13H14M  57
    1992-61A   22120 STS-47 Endeavour F2  09/12/92  14H24M  57
    1992-86A   22259 STS-53 Discovery F15 12/02/92  13H26M  57
    1993-23A   22621 STS-56 Discovery F16 04/08/93  05H29M  57
    1993-65A   22869 STS-58 Columbia F15  10/18/93  14H53M  39
    1994-06A   22977 STS-60 Discovery F18 02/03/94  12H10M  57
    1994-15A   23025 STS-62 Columbia F16  03/04/94  13H53M  39
    1994-20A   23042 STS-59 Endeavour F6  04/09/94  11H05M  57
    1994-59A   23251 STS-64 Discovery F19 09/09/94  22H22M  57
    1994-62A   23285 STS-68 Endeavour F7  09/30/94  11H16M  57
    1994-73A   23340 STS-66 Atlantis F13  11/03/94  17H00M  57
    
    
    CU!	Markus
    
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