Re: Talking to a mach 8 airplane (communications)

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From: Dennis Newkirk
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 17:50

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In article <1992Dec14.183245.10921@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Robert.T.Warfield@dartmouth.edu (Robert T. Warfield) writes:
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>  If I remember correctly, mission controll in houston can communicate
>with and recieve telemetery from the space shuttle shuttle during
>launch. Escape velocity is about Mach 25.

During reentry too.  I recall NASA Select mentioning that TDRSS
can relay the signal all the way down since there are S-band 
antennas on the orbiter's top side which is not as blocked as 
the bottom.    

Dennis Newkirk (dennisn@ecs.comm.mot.com)
Motorola, Land Mobile Products Sector
Schaumburg, IL

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