Re: Mir final trajectory

From: Jonathan T Wojack (tlj18@juno.com)
Date: Tue Feb 06 2001 - 12:36:50 PST

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    > 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?
    
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