The question was to see each other, not rondevous. I can see the two vehicles see each other in theory after an orbital decay by Genesis-1 with no stationkeeping and exceptionally lucky timing to be in the right area at the right time when the two orbits criss-cross. If a brief close encounter was going to happen, i'm sure the orbit of the ISS would be adjusted to avoid any close near-misses (so the orbital adjustment may put enough distance between the two objects to be a visual no-go). --- Mgr. CSc. Anton�n V�tek <AVitek@seznam.cz> wrote: > > Orbit of Genesis-1 is inclined to the equator 64.5 > deg, STS 51.8 deg , therefore it is impossible to > make for them a rendezvous. Also heights are quite > different, the lowest point of Genesis' orbit is at > 555 km, highesto one of ISS is at 358 km. Therefore > the minimum distance between those two objectm is > (incindetaly only) when both are in "node of their > respective planes no les than 200 km. > > < ------------ P�vodn� zpr�va ------------ > < Od: Cynthia <cynm31@ev1.net> > < P�edm�t: FW: GENESIS-I > < Datum: 15.7.2006 02:50:42 > < ---------------------------------------- > < Question from the Fort Bend (Houston) Astronomy > Club about Genesis-I. Anyone > < know? > < > < in their current orbits, would the two stations > ever get close enough to see > < each other (ignoring that G-I is unmanned)? If > not, will G-I's orbit be > < adjusted later on (for whatever reason), making it > possible? > < > Mgr. Antonin Vitek, CSc. > > Office: Main Library, Academy of Sciences of the > Czech Republic > Narodni 3, CZ-11522 Praha 1 - Phone: +420/221 403 > 255, fax +420/224 240 611 > Home: Kytin 127, CZ-25210 Mnisek p. B., Czech > Republic > Phone: +420/318 592 865, cell +420/603 148 201 - > Coord.: 14.2178 deg E, 49.8485 deg N, 442 m ASL > My satellite home page: > http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/index.html > Office e-mail: AVITEK@LIB.CAS.CZ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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