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- From: dennisn@ecs.comm.mot.com (Dennis Newkirk)
- Subject: Re: Our Friends the Russians
- Organization: secure_comm
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 18:24:39 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.182439.15927@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>
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- In article <1992Jul23.003253.9598@nebulus.ca> dennis@nebulus.ca (Dennis S. Breckenridge) writes:
- >3001crad@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Charles Frank Radley) writes:
- >
- >>Most Shuttle flights are at 28 deg inclination and do not
- >>overfly Russia.
- >> Might be useful for some of the 57 deg missions though.
- >
- >Have you ever pondered the idea of why they launch in a counter
- >orbit rotation. More time over Moscow!
-
- I don't understand what your saying. Typical Russian manned flights
- are at 51.6 degrees inclination. This is due to the usual range
- safety reasons, and the desire not to land aborted missions in China.
- Only Vostok, Voskhod missions, and Soyuz 22 flew at about 65 degrees.
-
- Dennis Newkirk
- Motorola Inc, Land Mobile Products Sector
- Schaumburg, IL
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