Re: An (old) curious observation
Tony Beresford (starman@camtech.net.au)
Thu, 15 Oct 1998 23:39:40 +0900
At 07:34 15/10/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Does anyone know if a sat has ever been launched into a retrograde orbit
>.. ( and for that matter why you would want to do it).
3 cases of 35 degree retrogade orbits
1. Several USAF satellites in the OV series, launched piggyback
on ICBM launches from Vandenburg to western pacific
2. Israeli satellites ( launching east is a bit risky!)
3. A pegasus launch for the Spain, from a point near the Canary Islands
( a launch over african coast not advisable?).
The upper stage of that launch has got a bit of the ashes of T. Leary
and G. Roddenbury and a few others attached
Tony Beresford