Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site sdcrdcf.UUCP
Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!grkermit!masscomp!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sdcrdcf!jonab
From: jonab@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Jonathan Biggar)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: VAFB Questions
Message-ID: <744@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 15-Dec-83 11:58:30 EST
Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.744
Posted: Thu Dec 15 11:58:30 1983
Date-Received: Sun, 18-Dec-83 03:00:30 EST
References: <515@ihuxk.UUCP>
Reply-To: jonab@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Jonathan Biggar)
Organization: System Development Corporation, Santa Monica
Lines: 8

The reason for the Vandenburg launch site is that it is further north
thus making it easier to launch shuttles into polar orbit.  Almost
all (all?) satellites that are now launched into polar orbit from the US are
launched at Vandenburg.
-- 
Jon Biggar
{allegra,burdvax,cbosgd,hplabs,ihnp4,sdccsu3,trw-unix}!sdcrdcf!jonab