On 9/20/10 10:15 PM, Ted Molczan wrote: > Phil Karn wrote: > >> I was a little surprised by the 32-minute unplanned hold due to the >> vehicle near the launch sites. Don't polar launches usually have very >> narrow launch windows of no more than a few minutes? >> >> Does this suggest that the launch might have been into a lower >> inclination orbit, one with a wider launch window? > > The NOTAMs clearly indicate a 123 deg inclination - the retrograde version of the lower of the two > Lacrosse inclinations, i.e. 180 - 57 = 123 deg. Yet the launch visualization (the computer graphic shown after the live video has become uninteresting) seems to show the launcher flying south past the Channel Islands. By eye it seems to be flying just west of San Miguel Island, consistent with a classic sun-synch orbit. Unless, of course, the graphic was simply made up. Phil _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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