! wrote:
|>The info I have is that the launch is now set for 20:43:06 UTC on 24
|>June. The launch window consists of two panes and the preference will
|>be to run into pane 2 due to the ascent performance margin. Pane 2 opens at
|>20:46:12 UTC. The whole launch window runs for some 10 min 6 sec.
Right now to revise this (in an effort to keep everything accurate if I
can).
Saturday 24 June.
Launch time 20:43:06 UTC.
Launch window is 10 mins 6 secs.
Pane 1 runs from 20:43:06 UTC to 20:50:05 UTC.
Pane 2 runs from 20:46:12 UTC till 20:53:12 UTC.
A launch in pane 1 results in docking on Monday, a launch in pane 2
results in docking on Tuesday. Thus at this time it looks like the
preference is to launch in pane 1 (again running into it depending upon
the ascent performance margin available), but retarget for pane 2 at
20:50:05 UTC if they aren't off the ground by then.
The ascent pass should be best visible over central Europe. Twilight is
going to interfere with observations from NW Europe.
-- Neil Clifford http://www.ipp-garching.mpg.de/~bdp/vsohp/satintro.html <neil_at_eeyore.demon.co.uk>Received on Fri Jun 23 1995 - 16:03:00 UTC
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