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Article #3754Re: STS-1 Disaster -- follow-up
From: Bruce Watson
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:24
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:24
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In article <matthews-171292112938@l14nb.jsc.nasa.gov| matthews@ial7.jsc.nasa.gov (Michael C. Matthews) writes:
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|STS-1 (like most launches from Cape Canaveral) was launched due east,
|because
|that way it gets maximum benefit from Earth's rotation (assuming it really
|does rotate, of course). This results in an orbital inclination of 28.5
|degrees (which is Canaveral's latitude). Higher-inclination orbits are
|reached by launching more northerly (northeast from the Cape).
SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT HISTORY
Miss. STS OV-/ Launch Launch Time Land Flight Dur. Alt Inc Land
Seq # No. Flt Date(UTC) (UTC) Site dd:hh:mm:ss nmi deg rev
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1 1 102/1 4/12/81 102:12:00:03 EAFB 2:06:20:53 145 40.3 37
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Bruce Watson (wats@scicom) Bulletin 629-49 Item 6700 Extract 75,131
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!boulder!csn!scicom!wats From: wats@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Bruce Watson) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: STS-1 Disaster -- follow-up Message-ID: <32527@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM> Date: 18 Dec 92 18:24:42 GMT References: <1gpgvqINNhk9@news.cerf.net| <matthews-171292112938@l14nb.jsc.nasa.gov| Organization: Alpha Science Computer Network, Denver, Co. Lines: 19