Re: Long Duration Exposure Facility

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From: Charles Daffinger
Date: Sun, 14 May 1989 05:53

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In article <1989May13.202819.23389@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>Yes.  NASA is terrified of the public-relations impact of another Skylab,
>and considers it quite urgent that LDEF not be allowed to reenter.

Just a silly question...  How much different is the orbit of LDEF to that
which the shuttle took to launch Magellan?  Would it have been possible
to retrieve LDEF on the shuttle after it launched Magellan?

-charles

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From: cdaf@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Charles Daffinger)
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Subject: Re: Long Duration Exposure Facility
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