> When does Atlantis dock, and when does she undock ? Docking is at 0431 UT on the morning of 21 May, and undocking is at 2133 UT on 26 May. > According to heavens-above, I can see the ISS from Geneva as of May > 25 each > morning. according to heavens-above I can also see Atlantis from > Geneva > starting May 25 each morning, on similar path but not at same time. > Does > this mean that on May 25 they will already be undocked again ? > Landing is > May 29, so undocking May 25 seems early to me. heavens-above.com is just forecasting the passes that the shuttle and ISS will make if no orbits change. Obviously, that won't happen. Your best bet is to use the latest TLE's for the shuttle and input them into your prediction program. > Again according to heavens-above, I should see Atlantis on May 29 at > mag. -3.0 around 04h24 MESZ (02H24 UT), which would be probably a > few hours > before landing. I think she will do one more orbit after that pass > but in > daytime it will hardly be visible from Geneva. Is this correct ? In > that > case, the 04h24 pass will be very bright AND quite low orbit, thus > best > chance to distinguish Atlantis' shape with strong binoculars or > video zoom > lens. Please let us know if you see anything! ================================================================ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com Stay up-to-date on all events in space! Visit http://www.geocities.com/tlj18_99/ Updated at least once per day! ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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