I asked: > > Are there means to determine where we have to look from here? I suppose > > Azimuth and altitude is more appropriate as there will be no star > visible Several people replied. All people thanks. What I hoped for was Björn's reply: > All ISS launches from the Cape have essentially the same flight path, so > far alt/az you can use any old set (for one of the initial orbits) > Or you can use SkyMap rocket trajectory with a previously published .trj > file - just set the correct launch time. > > For siderial predictions, adjust the old elset Epoch by the diff in > launch date/time, and the RAAN by the difference in siderial time of > launches. I remembered something like this from a previous Shuttle launch but did not know exactly what it was. This concerns especially Skymap's option. But I am not yet familiar with this valuable program. I was also and still am too busy to scan the e-mail archives. I am hoping for less busy times. Thanks, Bram Dorreman COSPAR 4160 51° 16' 45.5" N 5° 28' 36.6" E (WGS84) 35 m ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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