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Article #4048Re: Launch windows on Clarke orbit satallites
From: Phil R. Karn
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1988 02:32
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1988 02:32
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The only real restriction on the time you can launch a geostationary satellite has to do with sun-angle restrictions on the spacecraft. You generally want the sun to be perpendicular to the solar arrays during the coast and maneuver phases, and you don't want the satellite tencounter long eclipses during this time. Phil
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!lll-tis!ames!nrl-cmf!mailrus!umix!umich!mibte!gamma!ulysses!thumper!karn From: karn@thumper.bellcore.com (Phil R. Karn) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Launch windows on Clarke orbit satallites Message-ID: <959@thumper.bellcore.com> Date: 24 Feb 88 02:32:55 GMT References: <379@attila.weitek.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Inc Lines: 7 Summary: launch windows depend on the sun