[ATMoB-discuss] shuttle launch tonight - but before sunset

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Torrential rains moved into Chelmsford just after launch, and cleared once they were certain the shuttle had passed. :^)

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From: "Rothchild, Joseph " <Joseph.Rothchild at lahey.org>
> I had a pretty clear sky to the south, but no success with binoculars.  Did 
> anyone see it?
> 
> Joseph
> 
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> [mailto:atmob-discuss-bounces at atmob.org]On Behalf Of George Roberts
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 10:51 AM
> To: atmob-discuss at atmob.org
> Subject: [ATMoB-discuss] shuttle launch tonight - but before sunset
> 
> 
> I was very excited to learn there is a shuttle launch tonight 
> and indeed it will be going north bound (sometimes it heads 
> south-west from Florida).  However, it is scheduled to launch 
> at 6:36pm and will be "visible" from Massachusetts about 9 
> minutes later.  Unfortunately it will still be quite bright out at 
> that time as sunset isn't until something like 8pm.  But if you 
> want to try, it is possible to maybe get a glance if the skies 
> are very very clear to the east - the shuttle will only be a white
> dot on a light blue background about 5 degrees above the horizon.
> I doubt it will be visible naked eye but probably with binocs.
> 
> Here's a link showing the ground track of the ISS on that pass.
> The shuttle will move pretty much over the same path but 
> about 5-15 minutes later (it starts out 6 minutes late and ends
> up even later because it takes the shuttle 9 minutes to get up to
> speed).
> 
> http://129.247.247.254/gtrack.asp?date=39302.94&lat=42.3&lng=-71.3&alt=0&loc=Wel
> lesley&TZ=EST&satid=25544
> 
> - George Roberts
> 
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