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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS068-269-7 Date: Oct. 1994
Geographic Region: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Feature: CITY OF KURGAN,TOBOL R.


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STS068-269-007 Kurgan, Russia October 1994
Kurgan, one of the oldest cities in Siberia, can be seen in this north-looking, low-oblique photograph. Situated in the valley of the Tobol River, Kurgan is a southwest Siberian rail junction on the Trans-Siberian Railroad. The city manufactures grain elevators, flour milling equipment, buses, chemical equipment, food products, and farm and road building machinery; it also has meat packing plants.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 149k
Mission: STS068  
Roll - Frame: 269 - 7
Geographical Name: RUSSIAN FEDERATION  
Features: CITY OF KURGAN,TOBOL R.  
Center Lat x Lon: 55.5N x 65.5E
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 0
 
Camera:: HB
 
Camera Tilt: 21   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: W   The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?: N   Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number: 62  
 
Date: 19941004   YYYYMMDD
Time: 055605   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 55.8N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 66.2E  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 155   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 117   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 27   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: PLAIN, FOREST  
Water Views: RIVER, LAKE, SWAMP  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: URBAN AREA, AIRPORT, AGRICULTURE  
City Views: KURGAN  

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