Re: Titan 4 launch time

Allen Thomson (thomsona@flash.net)
Fri, 21 May 1999 15:28:42 -0500

Bill T Bard wtba@eci-esyst.com said,


>Florida Today is reporting that the Air Force is targeting launch of the
>Titan 4 on Saturday for 5:36 AM EDT (0936 GMT).

Hmm..

Doubtless a mere coincidence, but one might want to compare the geographical
latitudes of the subsatellite points of LACR 2 and 3 at 09:36 UT  with that
of VAFB.

Lacrosse 2
1 21147U 91017  A 99131.95742655  .00000370  00000-0  62482-4 0    08
2 21147  67.9980 115.4322 0005000 224.2579 135.7421 14.69317021    07
Lacrosse 3
1 25017U 97064  A 99131.94382639  .00000500  00000-0  89425-4 0    08
2 25017  57.0100 159.0350 0005000 125.5863 234.4137 14.66551394    06