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From: garym@telesoft.UUCP (Gary Morris @shine)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: space telescope orbit
Message-ID: <210@telesoft.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 21-Oct-85 00:10:46 EDT
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In article <694@alberta.UUCP> andrew@pembina.UUCP (Andrew Folkins) writes:
>In article <8510161537.AA16848@s1-b.ARPA> HQM%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA (Henry Minsky) writes:
>>
>>If they orbit it at the same height as the shuttle, won't it drag the
>>atmosphere and burn up like skylab in a few years?
>>
>>And if they boost it to a higher orbit, how can anyone get to it to make
>>repairs when it breaks?
>
>My guess is a fairly high low earth orbit, somewhere around 300 nautical
>miles (Anyone out there know the maximum operational altitude of the shuttle?).

According to the "Space Shuttle Operators Manual" the space telescope will 
be deployed in orbit at 500 miles (800 km).  It also states the maximum
orbit for the Shuttle is 690 miles (1100 km).
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