Hi Björn Looking at the ESA page they say..... The tether should be visible from the following locations: a.. South America (below 55°S) b.. Antarctic Peninsula (above 82°S) c.. East Russia and western Alaska (above 170°E) And yet they quote a 63 deg inclination , which means the visiblity opportunities will be much wider , more or less the same as ISS. Anyway , great news.....or will be if this infernal cloud cover ever clears John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Björn Gimle (GlocalNet)" <bg_26934@glocalnet.net> To: <seesat-l@satobs.org> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 11:29 AM Subject: Re: new tether - 32 km - launch Sept. 14 > Approximate TLEs: > YES2 Tether 0914 298 x 258 > 1 70257U 07757A 07257.45251654 .00050817 00000-0 10000-3 0 19 > 2 70257 63.0100 191.0270 0030000 051.3880 308.6120 15.98724573 02 > Enters shadow SB near 61N on Sep.14 (moving south) > exits near 54S > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> The YES2 tether, 32 (!) kilometers long, is scheduled to be launched on >> September 14 on a Soyuz from Baikonur >> Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Here is the YES2 website: >> >> http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/YES/index.html >> >> This page has more information about the tether: >> >> http://www.esa.int/esaED/SEM0NIQJNVE_index_0.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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