ATV separation

From: Daniel Deak (dan.deak@sympatico.ca)
Date: Sun Mar 09 2008 - 05:22:15 UTC

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    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
     
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