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From: agparghi@watnot.UUCP (Amit Parghi)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Vandenburg
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Date: Thu, 6-Feb-86 17:12:43 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb  6 17:12:43 1986
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Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Keywords: Shuttle, launch, Vandenberg, military
Summary: They're over the Pacific!

> While discussing the shuttle over the weekend a question came up
>concerning Vandenburg launches.  Does anyone know if the launches
>are retrograde launches. It seems that if they launch the shuttle
>the same as they do from Florida that the SRBs are going to land 
>somewhere in Nevada or Arizona. The same seems to be true if they
>do polar launches.    Any launch east or north will mean that the
>shuttle will be in boost phase over land and populated areas.  If
>this is the case it seems that the next shuttle accident could be
>much more devistating than this one.  Am I missing something here
>or is this just another case of military intelligence. :-)
>				Gunars Licitis

I seem to remember reading in _The Space Shuttle_ (a NASA publication) that
the Vandenberg launches were to be done over the Pacific, in a west/northwest
direction (roughly).  Actual ranges for the angles from north were given, 
but I don't have the book with me.

 - Amit
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   Amit PARGHI
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