[AZ-Observing] Re: Shuttle/ISS Visible Pass Saturday Morning
- From: Jeff Hopkins <phxjeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 12:38:39 -0700
What direction will it becoming from?
Jeff
At 10:44 -0700 8/5/05, Tom Polakis wrote:
>I wrote:
>
>> The timeline has final separation of the Shuttle and Space Station
>>at 2:05 a.m. Saturday, so we should be able to see the two separate
>>craft three hours later.
>
>I just learned from somebody who appears to know what he's talking
>about that the Shuttle and ISS will be separated by 29km by 5:20
>tomorrow morning. Heavens Above gives a distance of 518km at
>closest approach. Do the trig, and you get an angular separation of
>3.2 degrees. They will be moving across the sky at roughly 1 degree
>per second.
>
>Should be quite a sight!
>
>Tom
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