That was a DOD-mission, I suspect they were in a hurry to get something deployed and, sort of, 'took a chance'. I think they went over land during the ascent, which is not preferd, as you all know. /Bertil ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: These views may not reflect my employer's Bertil Stenstrom, Sema Group AB + email: stenis@sto.sema.se Box 34101, S-100 26 Stockholm, Sweden + Lat: +59, 22' 2,9604" Phone: +46 8 51 70 53 62 + Lon: +17, 57' 48,4812" Mobile: +46 708 51 53 62, Fax: +46 8 656 42 24 On Sat, 15 Jan 2000, Ted Molczan wrote: > 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 > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' > in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org > http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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