We've gone back into stupid mode again. IF NASA is willing to say ... "The next launch, of Atlantis on April 4, will occur sometime between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. (1900 and 2300 GMT), Buckingham noted. It is a space station assembly mission... " Simple orbital mechanics narrows it down to a 10 minute window when the station orbital plane is above the cape. which heavens-above.com or http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/ will tell you. DUHHH!! Plus does ANYBODY think terrorists aren't flexible enough to pencil in a 4 hr block into their schedule which is narrowed down to to the exact minute 24 hrs before the launch???????? It will then be determined that FL weather is a terrorist deterrent as that is the MOST unpredictable thing about a a launch. Assuming an April 4th launch date I'm going to 'guess' that the next shuttle will launch at 4:22pm CST +/- 5 minutes. (22:22 GMT) This may be off some, cause they may do an orbit boost of ISS with the next progress tanker and that boost amount and time is not known to me yet. But I'm sure that the launch won't be before 4:00 pm CST (22:00 GMT) Info based purely on Two line elements for ISS found on spaceflight.nasa.gov ISS 1 25544U 98067A 02089.81669862 .00070138 00000-0 83646-3 0 9130 2 25544 51.6367 86.7296 0003197 325.2094 34.8852 15.59391070 31849 Fed into STSPLUS and what I remember from a NASA TV show on orbital mechanics. Lets work on keeping the REAL secrets secret like access passwords, and forget the 'eyewash' stuff. --Ben Paul J Henney wrote: > Yup. > > Why just 24 hours? > > An Al Qaida terorrist can hide in Pakitia for weeks being hit by B-52's but > can't stand waiting in a carpark near the Cape for more than 24 hrs with a > Stinger in the boot of his Chevy?? > > as Richard says > "ISS is just about the only place the Shuttle launches to anymore. They > launch when the launch site passes through the station's orbital plane." > > So whats the point??? > > pjh > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' > in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org > http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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