[FPSPACE] ISS and Discovery seen from Europe

[Woods, Dave]

We have some clear weather coming up in the north-east here in
the States, with some favorable viewing conditions.  The following
data comes from the  http://www.bester.com/satpasses.htm
predictions for Syracuse, NY.  The site carries data for a lot of
US cities and a number of spacecraft, including ISS and Mir.

Dave

  Date (EDT)           Time (EDT) of        Duration   Azimuth at   Max
Visib 
                   AOS      MEL      LOS     of Pass  AOS MEL LOS  Elev
Code

Fri 13-Oct-2000 19:42:51 19:47:55 19:53:08  00:10:17  238 311  57  79.9
VVVNN 
                
Sat 14-Oct-2000 20:18:10 20:23:09 20:28:09  00:09:59  263 340  55  29.6
VVNNN 
                
Sun 15-Oct-2000 19:16:57 19:22:01 19:27:11  00:10:14  248 331  55  51.7
VVVVN 
                

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Raoul Lannoy [SMTP:raoul.lannoy@pandora.be]
> Sent:	Thursday, October 12, 2000 12:22 PM
> To:	1Friends and partners in space
> Subject:	[FPSPACE] ISS and Discovery seen from Europe
> 
> Hello,
> According to heavens above, ISS is visible over Europe (very very low in
> Belgium :11 degrees) at around 19:38 CET on friday. According to the NASA
> website, the docking takes place at 19:43 CET; will it just be too late to
> see two separate objects in the sky?
> (Provided the weather cooperates, of course).
> It seems to me both the spacecraft and the station will be too close to
> distinguish themselves from each other..
> Tristan, Bart, Koen what d'ya think?
> 
> 
> Raoul Lannoy
>