(Mir/STS-74 Atlantis) Thursday, 11/16/95. A southwest to northeast transit from 6:25 to 6:28 a.m. Peak elevation will occur in theeastern sky at 6:27, about 86 degrees above the horizon.Orbital altitude 393 km.
Result - Mir/Atlantis observed on time.
(Mir/STS-74 Atlantis) Friday, 11/17/95. A south to east transit from 5:29 to 5:32 a.m. Peak elevation will occur in thesoutheastern sky at 5:30, about 33 degrees above the horizon.Orbital altitude 392 km.
Result - Mir/Atlantis observed on time, only for about 4 secondsthrough a small opening in the clouds.
(Mir/STS-74 Atlantis) Saturday, 11/18/95. A west to northeast transit from 6:10 to 6:13 a.m. Peak elevation will occur in thenorthwestern sky at 6:11, about 38 degrees above the horizon.Orbital altitude 393 km.
Result - Mir and Atlantis observed on time through an obscured sky. Atlantis was about 3 seconds ahead of Mir and about 10% brighter.
(Mir) Monday, 11/20/95. A northwest to north transit from 5:56 to 5:56 a.m. Peak elevation will occur in thenorthwestern sky at 5:56, about 20 degrees above the horizon.Orbital altitude 392 km.
Result - Mir observed on time. Approximately 30 seconds later another satellite was observed in approximately the same inclination orbit about 100 km east of Mir, could this be a Soyuz, Progress or other? Atlantis transited the same path as Mir at 05:32, in a lower orbit of 345 km to Mir's 395 km.