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- From: gdavis@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Grant R. Davis)
- Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
- Subject: looking for reference on shuttle's safety envelope
- Message-ID: <78926@ut-emx.uucp>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 14:59:53 GMT
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- Reply-To: gdavis@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Grant R. Davis)
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- Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
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- Some time ago I read an article in sci.space saying that the shuttle had
- a safety margin of 2 km X 2 km X 5 km, and anything that came this close
- would cause the shuttle to change orbit. Does anyone know where I can find
- a reference on this? It's for my orbital mechanics design project.
-
- Thanks,
- Grant Davis
-