At 07:04 AM 27/10/2006, Gerhard HOLTKAMP wrote: >J >I saw an ISS pass at 17:38 UTC (26-OCT-06) which was high (65 deg elevation) >and it was also of a white ISS. Yesterday and three days ago I saw a clearly >red (or orange) ISS. Did they change the attitude for the docking? The progress was initially only partly docked due to concern about an antenna on it that should have automatically retracted. This extract from the Iss status reports explains things. During the hours between initial docking and final latching, the station's orientation was allowed to drift to avoid any disturbance of the softly docked cargo ship. The station's drift resulted in lower power generation by the solar arrays. The crew then powered off several pieces of non-critical equipment as outlined in a standard procedure that reduces power consumption. Soon after the latches were closed, however, the station's attitude control was restored and power generation was returned to normal. Tony Beresford ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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