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Article #3863Re: Can You See A Shuttle Launch From Orlando?
From: Matthew DeLuca
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:29
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:29
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In article <11825@sun13.scri.fsu.edu> wasser@dirac.scri.fsu.edu (Steve Wasser) writes:
>I've been wondering: what is the farthest from KSC anyone
>has been able to observe a shuttle launch? I suppose we
>should separate daytime and nighttime launches.
On a very clear day, you can just barely distinguish a Shuttle launch from
the top of the Peachtree Plaza hotel here in Atlanta. Atlanta is 1000 feet
above sea level and the hotel is another 743 feet tall, so this probably
has something to do with it.
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Matthew DeLuca
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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