Howdy All, I watched the ISS pass over the last two evenings. Last night's pass was still in twilight and from reading the posts here, I expected that I wouldn't see Progress 9. That made it even more of a charge to see it, making a near overhead pass last night, following the ISS like a little puppy at a magnitude easily brighter than +2, maybe even +1. One thing that confused me at the time. Last night's pass reached zenith here at 23:56 UTC (9/28), and I had already read, either here or elsewhere on the net that Progress 9 had been placed in a parking orbit 1 Km from the ISS. Yet when they passed overhead, there was clearly about 20 degrees of angular separation between them - much, much more than one would suspect from 1 Km of separation at that distance (using my old high school trig, I come up with about two magnitudes of ten from a 1 Km separation). No separate craft was visible during tonight's pass (00:34 UTC, 9/30), but it may have been because the pass more or less skirted my rather poor northern horizon (almost 30 degrees). Can anybody explain what I saw or does someone know the *actual* Progress 9 positioning over the last 24 hours (apparently some information posted somewhere is in error). I know it's supposed to dock tomorrow (Monday) sometime. Our location is Lat=38.067, Long=-80.434, 2950' Elevation Many Thanks and Best Regards to all, Art Glick Almost Heaven Group HC 67 Box 539 BB Renick WV 24966 Phone 304-497-2610 Fax 304-497-2698 e-mail art@almostheaven.net http://www.almostheaven.net/ ---------------------------------------------- Offering direct sales of Saunas, Steamrooms and the widest selection of Pool, Spa, Sauna and Hot Tub Equipment worldwide. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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