Meadehead, Thanks for the reply. I don't know about observing it directly - ''Heavens Above' may be the site to find that out. Others from IIS may have an idea about that. My interest is in watching the launch live on NASA TV on
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/nasadirect/nasatv
I have 256 mb/s broadband and one gets quite a good view - just allow for momentary still frames. Cheers, Neilzstar