Media images and animations of ATV 1 in flight show the spacecrfat travelling docking port forward , solar panels aft. However I get the impression from images I took on Tuesday morning that it is moving with docking port aft...solar panels forward. This might make sense I suppose as the thrusters could then be used as a breaking mechanism in the long approach to ISS , Then ATV would be reversed for docking mode....although as it is some time before the practice docking runs are due to take place , I suspect there is another reason. Anyone have any ideas ? Thanks, John Any images attached are subject to copyright restriction but may be used with prior permission ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Wed Mar 12 2008 - 11:29:40 UTC