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Article #3539Re: Mir in Mission Control?
From: Dean Adams
Date: Sun, 09 Jun 1991 07:43
Date: Sun, 09 Jun 1991 07:43
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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 }-
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