Thanks a lot, Ted! I knew the link already but I need it to program my osservations... they seem to be good from Italy! Thanks Alberto Ted Molczan ha scritto: > Alberto requested: > > >> Someone has the preliminary tle for the Space Shuttle launch of the >> july 1st window? >> > > About one day pre-launch, NASA is expected to post pre-flight estimated elements > (click on the red icon): > > http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/elements/index.html > > For rough-planning, I have estimated STS 121's initial elements assuming the > same orbits as STS 114, and assuming launch on 2006 Jul 01 at 19:48:26 UTC. > > I have not made a comprehensive analysis of visibility windows, but it appears > that the Northern Hemisphere will have evening visibility, for at least the > first few nights; and the Southern hemisphere will have morning visibility later > in the mission. > > It appears that the sun will still be about 1 to 2 deg above the horizon as the > shuttle passes over the U.K., about 20 min after launch. Locations further > somewhat further east and south will have better illumination. For example, > Italy appears to have a good pass, in darkness. > > 1. MECO: use from July 01 at 19:59 UTC until 20:26 UTC > > MECO 55 X 230 km > 1 99121U 06182.83258102 .01000000 00000-0 37651-6 0 00 > 2 99121 51.6451 112.0892 0133625 347.8469 69.9858 16.48995563 01 > > > 2. OMS-2: use from July 01 at 20:26 UTC until July 02 00:51 UTC > > OMS-2 155 X 228 km > 1 99121U 06182.88379334 .00100000 00000-0 70000-3 0 9018 > 2 99121 51.6451 111.8025 0055418 342.1749 17.7498 16.30559101 26 > > > 3. Use from July 02 00:51 UTC until Jul 02 at 12:03 UTC > > 227 X 285 km > 1 99121U 06183.06818119 .00100000 00000-0 70000-3 0 9029 > 2 99121 51.6494 110.7839 0043665 185.4786 174.5923 16.06785856 53 > > Ted Molczan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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