Hey Joe,
You will definitely be able to hear the sonic
boom a few minutes after it passes directly overhead
if that is where you will be watching from. I've
watched it re-enter several times from Temple Texas at
night - spectacular. And I heard *3* booms in short
succession. I can explain two of them (the over and
then under pressure wave) but not three (probably a
bounce off some thermal layer way up. But I can't
speak for daylight visibility. However, I have a
question: Where do I get information on the re-entry
path??? I can't seem to navigate the nasa.gov site to
find the landing tracks (usually they show 3 of the
paths for 3 different orbit opportunities).
Regards,
Jeff Umbarger
Plano, TX, USA
--- Skywayinc@aol.com wrote:
> Here is a question which no doubt not a few people
> will be asking in light
> of the
> current Shuttle mission now scheduled to take a
> trajectory across the US en
> route home to Florida. Although it will be late
> morning/early afternoon,
> will those
> located under and close to the re-entry path be able
> to see the orbiter and
> or
> plasma trail against the daytime sky? I recall
> videos that were taken of
> Columbia's
> final 2003 flight from New Mexico and Texas clearly
> showing both orbiter and
> the
> resultant trail even though it was well after
> sunrise.
>
> And will any "bangs" or "whumps" be audible some
> seconds (or minutes)
> after the Shuttle has streaked on by?
>
> I've been assigned to do a story for SPACE.com
> about the visibility of both
> the Shuttle and ISS as separate entities after
> undocking, but the re-entry
> path
> over the US puts a new twist on potential Shuttle
> viewing.
>
> -- joe rao
>
>
>
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