RE: ATV, ISS and STS123

From: Daniel Deak (dan.deak@sympatico.ca)
Date: Thu Mar 13 2008 - 23:32:50 UTC

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    Hi Tristan,
    
    Shuttle docked with the ISS at 3:49 UTC. I watched it live on NASA TV and at
    the same time was running a real time animation of the orbit with SatSpy. I
    realized that European observers would have been able to see two separate
    but very near objects quite easily because the docking was 24 minutes late
    and the ISS and Endeavour passed over Europe before sunrise as the shuttle
    was in front of the station. Shadow exit was at 3:25 UTC.
    
    Daniel Deak
    Webmestre, site Obsat
    Pompier, municipalite de L'Avenir, Quebec
     
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    -----Message d'origine-----
    De : Tristan Cools [mailto:tristan.cools@gmail.com] 
    Envoyé : 13 mars 2008 13:37
    À : B Gimle @ComHem
    Cc : SeeSat-L@satobs.org
    Objet : Re: ATV, ISS and STS123
    
    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
    
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