ollie@hydra.unm.edu (Ollie Eisman N6LTJ) (06/07/91)
Has anyone else noticed that, on the Mercator projection tracking screen in Mission Control, an object that looks a lot like the Soviet space station "Mir" is being tracked? I've never seen this before. (btw, I noticed this on NASA Select this afternoon) -- Ollie Eisman (N6LTJ) ollie@hydra.unm.edu (505)277-4845 3505 Lafayette Rd. NE #3, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
dadams@thebox.rain.com (Dean Adams) (06/09/91)
ollie@hydra.unm.edu (Ollie Eisman N6LTJ) writes: > > Has anyone else noticed that, on the Mercator projection tracking > screen in Mission Control, an object that looks a lot like the Soviet > space station "Mir" is being tracked? > > I've never seen this before. YES. It looks that way 'cause it IS Mir...! They also did that on the last mission. On some orbits, mission control has been advising the crew of potential Mir sighting opportunities. The higher inclination orbits of the last couple of flights gives them a lot more chances to spot Mir going by. -{ Dean Adams }- -- TheBox Public Access Xenix - Gresham OR +1 503-669-7291 +1 503-669-7395
john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III) (06/10/91)
In article <1991Jun07.061832.24261@ariel.unm.edu> ollie@hydra.unm.edu (Ollie Eisman N6LTJ) writes: > Has anyone else noticed that, on the Mercator projection tracking > screen in Mission Control, an object that looks a lot like the Soviet > space station "Mir" is being tracked? Yes, it is Mir. The shuttle will pass within eye-shot of Mir a few times. I think the closest pass is something like 200 miles. On one pass, the announcer on NASA Select said that they were going to reorient the shuttle to make Mir visible from one of the windows. My personal speculation is that NASA is doing a bit of lobbying...seeing that the Fred funding is up for vote again this week. Pointing out Mir is almost the same as pointing out that the US does not have a space station. Notice that Mir and its orbit lines are colored red. I have seen other objects tracked on NASA select, but they have always been recently released payloads in the past. An example is Hubble. -john- -- ============================================================================= John A. Weeks III (612) 942-6969 john@newave.mn.org NeWave Communications, Ltd. ...uunet!tcnet!newave!john
garym@telesoft.com (Gary Morris @wayward) (06/13/91)
In <1991Jun07.061832.24261@ariel.unm.edu> ollie@hydra.unm.edu (Ollie Eisman N6LTJ) writes: >Has anyone else noticed that, on the Mercator projection tracking >screen in Mission Control, an object that looks a lot like the Soviet >space station "Mir" is being tracked? They added Mir (in red :-) to the display on December for STS-35. Ron Parise (WA5SIR) was scheduled to make a contact using amateur radio equipment from the shuttle to the Musa Manarov (U2MIR) on board Mir. Ron and Musa are both amateur radio operators. The contact didn't occur because they landed a day early. On STS-37 in April, we again had amateur radio operators on board the shuttle (the entire crew this time) and a successful (although brief) contact was made between Ken Cameron (KB5AWP) and Musa Manarov (U2MIR). I'm kind of surprised they are still tracking Mir on the map display, I thought they would take if back off after STS-37. I don't get NASA Select here (I was in Houston until April) so I didn't know they were still showing Mir on the map. --GaryM -- Gary Morris Internet: garym@telesoft.com KK6YB (was N5QWC) UUCP: ucsd!telesoft!garym TeleSoft, San Diego, CA, USA Phone: +1 619-457-2700