Progress M-60 is scheduled to launch from Baikonur to the ISS on May 12 at 03:25:36 GMT. Some details, in Russian, are here (try Babelfish for a translation): http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/progres_m60.htm Docking with the ISS is due May 15 at 09:12 GMT +/- 3 min. This element set will be good for the first five or so circuits, by which time Spacetrack element sets should be available: PROGRESS-M 60 1 99999U 07999A 07132.19648835 .01000000 12013-4 00000+0 0 00 2 99999 51.5715 290.5119 0044198 80.8015 279.7288 16.24602160 18 The orbit plane is badly placed for most peoples' visibility. It should be observable from some parts of Australia during rev 3 and rev 4 - approx five and 6.5 hours after launch respectively. Progress will be preceded by it's final rocket stsge that will be opening up a gap at a rate of about 5s per circuit. For the benefit of lay members - this is a search orbit and will be quite adequate to locate Progress M-60. It is subject to under/over performance of the Soyuz-U launch vehicle and takes no account of planned orbit adjustments. These are the reasons it has limited validity. Bob Christy Lincoln, UK 53.2233 deg North 0.6004 deg West Height 59m No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.6/794 - Release Date: 08/05/2007 14:23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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