Keith Packard <[email protected]> writes:

> Yeah, I've been kinda wondering. I initially thought that the distance
> to the rocket would help you figure out how big it might look in the
> sky, but distance over the ground might be more useful. Of course, that
> value is present on the screen.

I'm with Terry, what you want to hear at the field is the sub-satellite
distance.  'Cause all anyone really cares about for distance is how long
the walk/drive is going to be.

I, at least, can't mentally translate from distance to anticipated spot
size in my head, so knowing azimuth and elevation angles is as good as
it's going to get for trying to spot the airframe descending, I think.

Bdale

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