Jean-Paul Comec reported that after analysing his picture of the Shuttle-ET pass the distance between the two were about 3 km (at about 21:22:30 UTC, 31-MAY-08) while I had found a distance of 4 km at 21:24:00. These were distances perpendicular to our lines of sight. Assuming that the ET was directly below he Shuttle and factoring in the different elevations as viewed from our two sites, I find an actual distance of 3.9 km at 21:22:30 and a distance of 4.5 km at 21:24:00. This means that the distance between Shuttle and ET increased about 400 meters per minute. Calculating backwards I arrive at a distance of 0 at 21:12:45 UTC, 31-MAY-08 which is very close to the actual time of MECO and Shuttle - ET separation. Q.E.D. Gerhard HOLTKAMP Darmstadt, Germany ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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