STS-114 passes over Greater New York Area

From: Skywayinc@aol.com
Date: Tue Jul 12 2005 - 00:55:49 EDT

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    Thanks to Ted Molczan and Gerhard Holtkamp, I have been able to  generate 
    sighting information for the upcoming Shuttle mission, STS-114 for the Greater 
    New York Area.  
     
    I used the (DOS) software program SPACE BIRDS, which was developed in 1987  
    by former U.S. Air Force orbital analyst Roger L. Mansfield, in conjunction 
    with  (preliminary) two-line orbital elements (TLEs) to produce the following 
    viewing schedule.     
     
    It should, of course, be stressed that the information presented below for 
    the Discovery orbiter assumes an on-time liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center 
    at 3:51 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, July 13.
     
    On Wednesday evening, the ISS will appear at 9:35:17 p.m., low (10-degrees 
    up) in the NNW sky.  It will take 4 minutes and 46 seconds to track toward the 
    ENE,  reaching a maximum altitude of 22-degrees above the horizon. 
     
    Just over a half hour later, at 10:06:47 p.m., Shuttle Discovery should 
    appear low in the NNW sky.  It will be visible for 1 minute 53 seconds,  before it 
    disappears into the Earth's shadow at a point 24-degrees above the NE  
    horizon.  SPACE BIRDS predicts that just before slipping into shadow, 47%  of the 
    orbiter will be illuminated by the Sun.
     
    On Thursday evening, the ISS will appear at 10:02:01 p.m., low in the  NW 
    sky.  It will take 2 minutes and 49 seconds to track toward  the E, reaching a 
    maximum altitude of 54-degrees above the horizon. 
     
    As the ISS is disappearing from view in the east, Shuttle Discovery should 
    appear low in the NW sky at 10:05:10 p.m.  It should be visible for 2 minutes 27 
    seconds, before it disappears into the Earth's shadow at a point 48-degrees 
    above the NE horizon. SPACE BIRDS predicts that just before slipping into 
    shadow, 63% of the orbiter will be illuminated by the Sun. 
    
    -- joe rao
    
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