Hi, The Ariane 5 did its job ! The ATV separated from the EPS as expected at around 5:10 UTC. The launch was aired live on NASA TV and one very interesting thing is that all the way to the separation there was a display at the left of the screen that showed the current altitude and velocity along with a graphic showing the predicted trajectory and the actual position along that trajectory. I ran a simulation in real time using SatSpy with Ted's predicted elset before separation and it was quite accurate compared to the display on NASA TV. Altitude never was more than 1.7 km off and the location looked accurate. Daniel Deak Webmestre, site Obsat Pompier, municipalite de L'Avenir, Quebec COSPAR site 1747 : 45.7275°N, 72.3526°W, 191 m., UTC-5:00 Site en francais sur les satellites: French-language satellite web site : http://www.obsat.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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