Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site uiuccsb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiuccsb!emrath From: emrath@uiuccsb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Re: Orbital mechanics - (nf) Message-ID: <15700011@uiuccsb.UUCP> Date: Sat, 5-May-84 17:43:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uiuccsb.15700011 Posted: Sat May 5 17:43:00 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 7-May-84 00:45:47 EDT References: <7506@decwrl.UUCP> Lines: 10 Nf-ID: #R:decwrl:-750600:uiuccsb:15700011:000:327 Nf-From: uiuccsb!emrath May 5 16:43:00 1984 #R:decwrl:-750600:uiuccsb:15700011:000:327 uiuccsb!emrath May 5 16:43:00 1984 Thanks, I did that same sanity check, but on the mission in question, their orbit went to something like 250-290nm, so bringing them down 80 or so wouldn't be enough. I guess you had to be there. Anyway, it makes me realize that when they say LEO, they mean it! Perry Emrath, UofIL ...{decvax|inuxc}!pur-ee!uiucdcs!emrath