Mir16609@aol.com, Don Gardner, writes: > The shuttle should always lead after ... the fly around. Yes. Specifically for STS-106, anticipated TLEs (from http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/SSapplications/Post/JavaSSOP/orbit/SHUTTLE/SVPOST.html and http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/SSapplications/Post/JavaSSOP/orbit/ISS/SVPOST.html), actual TLEs from OIG, and energy efficiency considerations all imply that Atlantis is now leading ISS. Anyone with evidence to the contrary should post that evidence. As you know, the situation is reversed pre-dock, when the shuttle trails, catching up to the space station, in a lower and faster orbit. Cheers. Walter Nissen wnissen@tfn.net -81.8637, 41.3735, 256m elevation --- Mathematics: Your opportunity to confront truth at close quarters. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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