Bill Bard wrote: > According to the Control Center map, it appears that the ISS > is leading the shuttle. I think one report said that they > should be 45 miles apart by this evening. NASA has just updated its shuttle elements page: http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/SSapplications/Post/JavaSSOP/orb it/SHUTTLE/SVPOST.html This was the final predicted docked elset: 1 31600U 07024A 07170.07305939 .00014500 00000-0 95600-4 0 9000 2 31600 51.6346 94.1642 0007818 333.4143 26.6620 15.78133555 1611 This is the one after the final separation manoeuvre: 1 31600U 07024A 07170.70628151 .00014500 00000-0 95600-4 0 9026 2 31600 51.6332 90.8927 0008764 338.0690 22.0098 15.77984601 1719 This means that the shuttle will trail ISS; propagating the above using SGP4, results in the following schedule of range, stated in km: Date UT km Jun 19 18 1 Jun 19 19 2 Jun 19 20 5 Jun 19 21 10 Jun 19 22 11 Jun 19 23 15 Jun 20 00 19 Jun 20 01 19 Jun 20 02 24 Jun 20 03 27 Jun 20 04 28 Jun 20 05 33 Jun 20 06 36 Jun 20 07 37 Jun 20 08 42 For greater accuracy, wait for the elsets on Space Track to settle down to realistic values, and use those. Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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