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Subject: STS-8 launch window
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Date: Thu, 4-Aug-83 13:21:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  4 13:21:00 1983
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From:  Ross Finlayson <RSF@SU-AI>

	I'm confused as to exactly why the shuttle needs to be launched
within a precise launch window so that a communications satellite can be
released over India "at the correct place and time". Since KSC is in a
fixed position relative to the intended final position of the satellite
(in geostationary orbit), it will also presumably be in a fixed position
relative to the point of release (in LEO). So why then can STS-8 be launched
only within a certain narrow window at night?
	Presumably there are other, time-dependent factors involved, but
what would these be?

	Ross.