Highest Shuttle Inclination Was 62 degrees

From: Ted Molczan (molczan@home.com)
Date: Sat Jan 15 2000 - 14:40:30 PST

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The recent discussion about high-inclination shuttle launches reminded me of
STS 36, which was launched on 28 Feb 90, into a 62 deg inclination orbit:

1 20512U 90 19  A 90 60.79907196  .00287007  49022-4  25599-3 0    70
2 20512  61.9920 173.5205 0002824 129.5693 149.1093 16.12511850   235

I recall that not long before that launch, I had heard that the highest safe
shuttle inclination from KSC had recently been increased to 63 deg.

Ted Molczan


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