Is it possible to see deorbit burn of Endevour?

[crovax]

Or is it too short or faint to see it?

[brianb]

I suspect it will never be possible from the UK / Europe because of the orbital geometry ... But it should certainly be possible to see the exhaust cloud if the event occurs in sunlight, Apollo mid-course corrections were easy enough though the TLI burn was below the horizon (low orbital inclination) & the various major burns around the Moon were hidden behind the Moon or occured whilst the spacecraft was over the lit porton of the lunar surface.

[crovax]

Thanks, I'll check that cloud! According to NASA the burn will occur at 9:42 a.m. EDT (if nothing changes). And that is going to be daylight in UK and Europe.

[Baskii]

Hi Crovax,

I don't think it will be visible when the *observing site* is in daylight, as it will be for Endeavour (in fact it's happening right now). You might be able to see it if the Shuttle is still in sunlight but the observing site is already in shadow.

I recall that it was possible to see some liquid that was discharged from the ISS a couple of years back.

Baskii

[Greg]

Here are the details if it were visible..

Artificial Satellites > Space Shuttle

[crovax]

Well, the burn is over and it happened somewhere between Asia and Australia. I guess there is no sense in looking for the cloud, right?

[crovax]

Here are the details if it were visible..

Artificial Satellites > Space*Shuttle

Thanks for the link! I am also following shuttle position on NASA TV and it seems that it is not going to fly over me