| NASA Shuttle (STS-129) Landing "At 8:37 a.m. EST, space shuttle Atlantis performed the deorbit burn, setting it on a course to return to Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The maneuver occurred while Atlantis was about 220 miles above Indonesia. Entry interface, the point at which Atlantis begins entering the Earth’s atmosphere, will occur at 9:12 a.m. The first roll reversal to slow the spacecraft will take place at 9:28 a.m. and Merritt Island radar tracking systems will acquire the shuttle at 9:31 a.m.
Atlantis will cross the Florida coast south of Bonita Springs and pass north of Lake Okeechobee, triggering dual sonic booms at about 9:40 a.m. as it slows to subsonic speeds. Commander Charlie Hobaugh will line up Atlantis with Kennedy’s southeast to northwest runway 33. Touchdown is expected at 9:44 a.m." NASA - Space Shuttle
If you are Ku-only you can view the landing on the NBC mux at 72W, and it appears elsewhere in the Ku arc occasionally. 24/7 NASA C-band channels appear on 72W & 137W.
__________________ C-Band: 10' "Perfect 10" mesh, 8.5' Birdview solid, 7.5' Unimesh & 180 cm Fortec Star...C-Band LOS from 43W-139W Ku-Band: 3ABN .9m/DMX521 LNBF/DG380...Fortec .9m/Tracker II/STAB HH90...7.25' Birdview "Spoon"/TrackerII/G-Box/70:1 BV H-H...Ku-Band LOS from 63W-148W Receivers: Toshiba TRX-1820-->Coolsat 6000-->Diamond 9000HD HD/Quali-Tv Euro1080/AZBox Elite/Sonic Voom AC-3 decoder OTA Digital: CM 4228 Ant./CM 7777 Preamp/Apex DT-250, Coship N9988T CECBs and Dish 811 for OTA Locals, Toshiba 46" Regza LCD In Progress: (2) Birdview 8.5' (1 solid & 1 perf) w/Birdview H-H mounts...*BVOC Asst. Cook & Bottlewasher* |