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Article #242Re: low earth orbits
From: Hartmut Frommert
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 10:37
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 10:37
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u926135@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Adrian Hassall Lewis) writes:
>The question: Why is 28.5 degrees such a common orbit?
>I can understand the US launching to this inclination as the KSC is at 28.5N,
>but I've read that the ESA also launches to this orbital plane as well. Isn't
>it most efficent for them to launch to a 1 degree orbit?
It is. But perhaps they count on shuttle rescue in case of upper stage
failure :-)
>Is it something to do
>with GTO? and if so, what?
I can't see what, since also that would be most efficient in the equatorial
plane.
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Hartmut Frommert <phfrom@nyx.uni-konstanz.de>
Dept of Physics, Univ of Constance, P.O.Box 55 60, D-W-7750 Konstanz, Germany
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Newsgroups: sci.space Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!caen!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!math.fu-berlin.de!news.belwue.de!eratu.rz.uni-konstanz.de!nyx.uni-konstanz.de!phfrom From: phfrom@nyx.uni-konstanz.de (Hartmut Frommert) Subject: Re: low earth orbits Message-ID: <phfrom.367@nyx.uni-konstanz.de> Summary: why inclinations Keywords: low earth orbits Sender: usenet@eratu.rz.uni-konstanz.de Organization: Dept. of Physics, University of Constance References: <u926135.720674864@tasman> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1992 10:37:04 GMT Lines: 20