> 1) Under the (realistic) assumption, based on PROGRESS reentries, > that the > "target region" is around 47°S, 140°W and the decisive command > and/or > controll of the final burn comes from the Baikonur area, the > ascending node > of the final orbit must be in the range 16.5°E - 353.5°E. O.K., there's the range. > 2) An optimal trajectory to avoid risks for some Pacific Islands > (e.g. the cited > Nuku alofa, Tonga) has an ascending node around 16.6°E. <snip> Isn't 16.6E outside the range specified above? Or am I nitpicking, considering that it is only 0.1 degrees away from one of the two range limits? ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W http://www.geocities.com/tlj18_99/ 5 hours behind UT (-5) ________________________________________________________________ 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/tagj. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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