[TriLUG] OT -- NASA Shuttle Launch Today

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Fri, 8 Jul 2011, Brian Daniels wrote:

> Launching due east from Russia's main launch site, Baikonur, would place 
> spacecraft in a 45.6-degree inclination orbit -- the launch site latitude. 
> However, doing so would also drop the lower stages of the boosters on China. 
> To avoid this, the Russians crank up the minimum inclination to 51.6 degrees.

great
thanks

Joe

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