Viewing launches from Savannah?

Is it possible to view KSC launches from Savannah? I figure due-east
launches will be impossible to see, but high-inclination ones might
be. I've heard that shuttle launches to the ISS were visible,
especially at night. Anyone know for sure?

On or about 9 Feb 2004 11:37:48 -0800, Bob Martin made the sensational claim that:
Is it possible to view KSC launches from Savannah? I figure due-east
launches will be impossible to see, but high-inclination ones might
be. I've heard that shuttle launches to the ISS were visible,
especially at night. Anyone know for sure?

I've got a video someone in NJ shot of a MECO. That was extreme, he was in
night, shuttle was in daylight. I'm not sure about day launches, but you
could almost definately see a night ISS launch. Too bad it looks like they
won't be doing those for awhile.
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On 9 Feb 2004 11:37:48 -0800, (Bob Martin)
wrote:

Is it possible to view KSC launches from Savannah? I figure due-east
launches will be impossible to see, but high-inclination ones might
be. I've heard that shuttle launches to the ISS were visible,
especially at night. Anyone know for sure?

Not just to the ISS, I saw a nightime shuttle launch just fine from
Charleston SC back in the eighties.

SCO delenda est.
adress is partially sdrawkcab.

Bob Tenney wrote in message . ..
On 9 Feb 2004 11:37:48 -0800, (Bob Martin)
wrote:

Is it possible to view KSC launches from Savannah? I figure due-east
launches will be impossible to see, but high-inclination ones might
be. I've heard that shuttle launches to the ISS were visible,
especially at night. Anyone know for sure?

Not just to the ISS, I saw a nightime shuttle launch just fine from
Charleston SC back in the eighties.

SCO delenda est.
adress is partially sdrawkcab.

What about other launches? I'm planning on actually going to Florida
for shuttle launches, but for other vehicles (Delta, Atlas, Titan,
etc) I want to try and watch them from here.

(Bob Martin) wrote


Is it possible to view KSC launches from Savannah? I figure due-east
launches will be impossible to see, but high-inclination ones might
be. I've heard that shuttle launches to the ISS were visible,
especially at night. Anyone know for sure?

See

http://satobs.org/seesat/Sep-1997/0322.html
http://satobs.org/seesat/Jan-1998/0367.html

For daytime flights, I'm not sure, but it's certainly worth a
try. Binoculars with a wide field of view might help.

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Bob Martin wrote:
Is it possible to view KSC launches from Savannah? I figure due-east
launches will be impossible to see, but high-inclination ones might...

What about other launches? I'm planning on actually going to Florida
for shuttle launches, but for other vehicles (Delta, Atlas, Titan,
etc) I want to try and watch them from here.

Depends on what orbit they're launching to. However, the news in this
area is bad: most US high-inclination launches fly from Vandenberg in
California, not the Cape, since Vandenberg can go all the way to polar
orbit while the Cape hits range-safety overflight limits at around 57deg
inclination. Payloads which *want* intermediate inclinations are actually
not that common, so shuttle launches are about it for high-inclination
launches from the Cape. Most everything else launching from there goes
due east.
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