Homer Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Cool! Can you see them without a telescope? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 Cool! Can you see them without a telescope? Yeah, ISS is huge now and VERY visible, Mel spotted the panels on ISS, discovery is a rather FAST moving white dot http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/region.cgi?country=United_Kingdom®ion=England Homer -> http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgi?country=United_Kingdom®ion=England&city=Reading Look up on google earth, to discovery where north is if you don't have a compass. ISS Fri Mar 27/08:28 PM 2mins 25degrees being the highest angle from ground level roughly Arc beginning 11 above W Arc ends 25 above SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 When is it due to land? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 When is it due to land? 09h38 Saturday morning (13h38 EDT) Don't suppose any of our american members, fancy recording the HD satellite feed from NasaTV? Even I can't bend a satellite dish to go round to otherside of the earth.. and sadly NasaTV HD isn't bounced onto any other satellites that I could see.... (I'm sure there might be a feed on some mil-sat but wouldn't know where to aim) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 30 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 11 degrees above west, is that 11 degrees from the west horizon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezz Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Crazy! What was first, the shuttle or the ISS? They move at a fair old rate dont they! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Well, all I found tonight is there is a lot of traffic coming into heathrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creative Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 09h38 Saturday morning (13h38 EDT) deorbit burn is at 16.33GMT on sat 28th. landing at 17.39GMT I still dont know how you get the times wrong etc gav when they are all on the mission schedule pdf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 deorbit burn is at 16.33GMT on sat 28th. landing at 17.39GMT I still dont know how you get the times wrong etc gav when they are all on the mission schedule pdf? Hahahahaha, was just thinking that.... For some reason, me and timezones never work... I even got up early and just realized my mistake AGAIN!!!! AAAARRRRGGGGHHH... I subtract 4 hours instead of added!! Bloody muppett!!!! AAAARRRGGGHHH, going back to bed, I'm not functioning on 3 hours sleep. (and yes, I used to phone work people in the states regularly at 2 in the morning for conference calls, one bloke even changed his voice mail one day to 'Hi Gav, just to let you know the conference call will be at 10h00 GMT your time...I am asleep and you are wrong, speak to you later' ) http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/fullscreen.html?mode=a&year=2009&month=3&day=28&hour=12&min=33&p0=156 -> For muppets like me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 Crazy! What was first, the shuttle or the ISS? They move at a fair old rate dont they! It was the first time I went out to look for them as well on thursday and was gobsmacked at how quick they go across. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 11 degrees above west, is that 11 degrees from the west horizon? I've understood it as being 11 degrees up from west... What we did was stand outside, use google earth to find north. Look in a westerly direction, and then look up 11 degrees from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 On its way back Good luck people, not that I have any doubt in NASA's ability Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Good luck people, not that I have any doubt in NASA's ability Deffo. Just DL'ing the launch now from your link. Ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 Deffo. Just DL'ing the launch now from your link. Ta Stick with the nasatv link rather than the yahoo one.. it seems to be a little unstable. Still going like the clappers at the mo... Balls, you mean the launch vid? I've got a recording of the launch and all the prep if you want a copy, it is about 2.5 hours worth...(quality isn't great, but has all the astronaut loading and gantry swings) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 Welcome back people... Little hot and shaky on the landing, but any landing is a good'un Discovery looks a little battered bless her.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Welcome back people... Little hot and shaky on the landing, but any landing is a good'un Discovery looks a little battered bless her.... As long as its back in one peice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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