|>two. Does the ET have small rocket motors that fire for a few seconds to |>move it away from the orbiter? I was not expecting to see any prolonged |>light from seperation. The orbiter usually performs a small maneuver (using the RCS jets I guess) after ET seperation to (a) avoid collision and (b) photo and document its state. rgeards, -- Neil Clifford <neil@satellite.eu.org> http://www.satellite.eu.org/satintro.html