> I knew about the OMS Assist, but I didn't know they were using > it > regularly for ISS flights. It's been a while since the last time I > heard of > it being used. I was trying to discern a difference in the image of > the > shuttle from the OMS firing, but couldn't see one. I figured the > OMS is very > much fainter than the main engines, but was hoping with a wee bit of > resolution that it might be visible, but there were pretty far down > range at > that point and certainly the 3 SSMEs were merged into a triangular > blob at > that point already too. Is the OMS Assist used to shape the eventual orbit of the Space Shuttle, even while the 3 main engines are firing? I would think that doing it earlier (i.e., before MECO) would be more efficient than waiting to you got to orbit. But you are also firing your main engines at the same time, which will complicate matters.... ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W 4 hours behind UT (-4) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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