As the link Kevin provided showed, the ATV performed a maneuver to take it below the ISS, which means it has already phased in front of ISS. Had a great pass of the two vehicles here in Toulouse about an hour ago. Tom -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Trads [mailto:danielts@post8.tele.dk] Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 8:23 PM To: SeeSat-L@satobs.org Subject: Re: ATV nice and close to the ISS tonight Hi there Got it on camera too. :) The ATV must be the faint sat? Then it's actually a bit ahead of ISS, and not behind it. http://87.104.55.183/sat/DSC_7776.jpg and http://87.104.55.183/sat/DSC_7778.jpg Nikon D70, Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8 D, 10 seconds exposure, f/1.8, ISO200 -- Daniel Trads Fredericia, Denmark Postion: 55.568N, 9.728E, 20m ASL Kevin Fetter wrote: > According to this > > http://www.esa.int/esaMI/Operations/SEMFW8R03EF_0.html > > The ATV will end up roughly 16 km away from the ISS, after the docking test today. > > So nice and close to the ISS, should make for a nice show. > > Kevin > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane with All new > Yahoo! Mail: http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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