[amsat-bb] Re: Shuttle Launch visible 3/15/09

[Bobby Lacey]

I'm sitting on the causeway right now. Wx just upgraded to 100%.
Hoping for a clean launch tonight. Go Discovery!

On 3/15/09, MM <ka1rrw at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> ISS Amateur Radio Status: March 11, 2009
> By Miles Mann WF1F,
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> MAREX-MG News www.marexmg.org
> Manned Amateur Radio Experiment
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> Shuttle Launch Visible Tonight:
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> If you live along the East Coast of the USA, you maybe able to see the
> Shuttle Discovery’s launch tonight at 7:43 p.m. (EDT).  People in Florida
> are use to seeing the Shuttle launch, however when the Shuttle is launched
> at Night, to the International Space Station, the engines can be seen as far
> north as Maine (conditions permitting).
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> Sunset in Boston is at 6:50 p.m. (EDT).  This means the skies will still be
> a little bright.
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> So tonight, if you have clear skies, try to find a hill that looks
> SouthEast.  The hill will need to be dark with few city and streetlights.
> The shuttle will only be visible for a few minutes to seconds depending on
> your location.  The first two minutes of the launch are the brightest.  The
> Shuttles Solid Rocket boosters will burn for the first two minutes; this
> will be your best shot as seeing he Shuttle.  When the SRB stop, the liquid
> fuels engines will still be running and generating some visible light.
> After about 8 minutes after launch the main engines will shut down and so
> will your light source.
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> Try to monitor the NASA channel.  If you can, have someone at home watch the
> NASA channel on TV and tell you the countdown by Cell phone.
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> Does anyone know if there will be a NASA rebroadcast of the launch on
> amateur radio HF or regular Broadcast AM, so we can monitor from our mobile
> HF stations while hill topping>
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> Here is a current link I found that gives a few more details on how to see
> the shuttle tonight.
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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090310/sc_space/nightshuttlelaunchvisiblefrommostofeastcoast
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> 73 Miles WF1F MAREX-MG
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> Until we meet again
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> DOSVIDANIYA Miles WF1F
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