Re: Shenzhou 5 - preliminary search elements and visibility

From: Mir16609@aol.com
Date: Wed Oct 08 2003 - 20:37:58 EDT

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    According to the BBC from Ed's post earlier today:
"the craft would orbit the Earth once before returning. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3170524.stm

With a one-orbit mission I would think that the chances of visual observation 
for the North America and Europe would be zero. 

Cheers,
Don Gardner  39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL
http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/
http://www.howardastro.org/ 

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