Shuttle orientation

From: Dale Ireland (direland@drdale.com)
Date: Sun Dec 10 2006 - 10:56:56 EST

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    Hello 1550UT
    The orbital tracking web page shows the Shuttle orientation to be 
    Roll 0.3
    Pitch 179.5
    Yaw 0.5
    
    What is the reference frame?
    For the pitch I assume it is the orbital track and they are flying
    "backwards"
    But what about roll and yaw, is it the earth's center, and if they are
    flying the usual routine with the top of the shuttle facing Earth you would
    think roll would be 180.
    
    Dale
    
    
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