Hi Bjorn, I haven't seen confirmation but when I went inside my home shortly after my observation at 04:59UTC the STS123 crew was just entering the station as I could see on NASA television. I believe they said docking succeeded about one hour earlier. I tried to use the link but it seems to be 'forbidden', maybe it isn't active anymore. Greetings, Tristan Cools 2008/3/13, B Gimle @ComHem <b.gimle@comhem.se>: > Have you seen confirmation of the docking time? > I made predictions using the most current elsets > on > http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/SSapplications/Post/JavaSSOP/orbit > and found STS leading ISS by 2 s on that pass! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tristan Cools" <tristan.cools@gmail.com> > To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 6:17 AM > Subject: ATV, ISS and STS123 > > > > Hi, > > > > Just had some nice passes over Belgium here. The ATV, predicted with > > Heavens Above was some 6 minutes late. Using the Space Track elements > > I had a correct pass at 4:25 UTC. Mag +1. > > > > The combined STS123 and ISS was rather surprising bright with a pass > > of at least mag -6 to -8(the max brightness of a Iridium flare !) > > Looking through small binoculars(8X50mm), I thought they were still > > separated. It certainly wasnt just a bright moving dot but rather > > almost two dots moving very close together although they were docked > > in reality. > > > > Greetings, > > Tristan Cools > > BWGS > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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