East Coast Night Launch Viewing

Members of our list may also be interested in viewing this article on
SPACE.com concerning visibility of the upcoming night launch of
Discovery that is scheduled for Thursday evening:

http://space.com/scienceastronomy/06...spotting.html_

Based on the "visibility footprint" map, the best region to watch the
Shuttle's powered ascent to orbit is across the Carolinas, where both the
solid rocket
boosters and three-main engine burn (to MECO) should be visible.

Tim

sorry, the URL shows as a non-existent page.

Tim Rogers wrote:
Members of our list may also be interested in viewing this article on
SPACE.com concerning visibility of the upcoming night launch of
Discovery that is scheduled for Thursday evening:

http://space.com/scienceastronomy/06...spotting.html_

Based on the "visibility footprint" map, the best region to watch the
Shuttle's powered ascent to orbit is across the Carolinas, where both the
solid rocket
boosters and three-main engine burn (to MECO) should be visible.

Tim

URL works for me.

"Matthew Ota" wrote in message
ps.com...
sorry, the URL shows as a non-existent page.

Tim Rogers wrote:
Members of our list may also be interested in viewing this article on
SPACE.com concerning visibility of the upcoming night launch of
Discovery that is scheduled for Thursday evening:

http://space.com/scienceastronomy/06...spotting.html_

Based on the "visibility footprint" map, the best region to watch the
Shuttle's powered ascent to orbit is across the Carolinas, where both the
solid rocket
boosters and three-main engine burn (to MECO) should be visible.

Tim

A search on the space.com site finds URL:

http://space.com/scienceastronomy/06...spotting.html_

Robert


"Matthew Ota" wrote in message
ups.com...


sorry, the URL shows as a non-existent page.

Tim Rogers wrote:


Members of our list may also be interested in viewing this article on
SPACE.com concerning visibility of the upcoming night launch of
Discovery that is scheduled for Thursday evening:

http://space.com/scienceastronomy/06...spotting.html_

Based on the "visibility footprint" map, the best region to watch the
Shuttle's powered ascent to orbit is across the Carolinas, where both the
solid rocket
boosters and three-main engine burn (to MECO) should be visible.

Tim

If we launch tomorrow night, some observers in northern Florida will see the
shuttle transiting the face of the Moon.



"Tim Rogers" wrote in message
...
Members of our list may also be interested in viewing this article on
SPACE.com concerning visibility of the upcoming night launch of
Discovery that is scheduled for Thursday evening:

http://space.com/scienceastronomy/06...spotting.html_

Based on the "visibility footprint" map, the best region to watch the
Shuttle's powered ascent to orbit is across the Carolinas, where both the
solid rocket
boosters and three-main engine burn (to MECO) should be visible.

Tim

Jim Oberg wrote:
If we launch tomorrow night, some observers in northern Florida will see the
shuttle transiting the face of the Moon.

Do you have a ground track for this? That would make an amazing photo.

Lee Jay

"Matthew Ota" wrote in
ps.com:

sorry, the URL shows as a non-existent page.

Trim off the trailing underscore.

Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
"Matthew Ota" wrote in
ps.com:

sorry, the URL shows as a non-existent page.

Trim off the trailing underscore.

Cool map . . . The short apparent distance at T+2 minutes where SRB
burnout and seperation occurs is amazing . . . I knew that the SRB
portion of ascent was short in relative terms . . . but the map
illustrates it very well.

Blue skies

John

"John" wrote:
Cool map . . . The short apparent distance at T+2 minutes where SRB
burnout and seperation occurs is amazing . . . I knew that the SRB
portion of ascent was short in relative terms . . . but the map
illustrates it very well.

You have to be a little careful in interpreting that map - because the
Shuttle is flying more-or-less vertically for a good portion of the
SRB burn time.

D.
--
Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.

-Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
Oct 5th, 2004 JDL

Derek Lyons wrote:
"John" wrote:
Cool map . . . The short apparent distance at T+2 minutes where SRB
burnout and seperation occurs is amazing . . . I knew that the SRB
portion of ascent was short in relative terms . . . but the map
illustrates it very well.

You have to be a little careful in interpreting that map - because the
Shuttle is flying more-or-less vertically for a good portion of the
SRB burn time.

D.
--
Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.

-Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
Oct 5th, 2004 JDL

Derek,

Of course, you are right and I should have remembered . . . still a
cool map, faulty interpretations on my part notwithstanding.

Take care all

John