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From: mcdowell@cfa250.harvard.edu (Jonathan McDowell)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle,sci.space
Subject: Re: BURAN waiting for XMAS?
Message-ID: <1144@cfa237.cfa250.harvard.edu>
Date: 1 Nov 88 15:29:35 GMT
References: <1802@scicom.alphacdc.com>
Organization: Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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From article <1802@scicom.alphacdc.com>, by wats@scicom.alphacdc.com (Bruce Watson):
> 
> The next opportunities to launc`h BURAN in morning daylight with a MIR 
> overflight is Dec 23 05:12UT and Dec 25 04:24UT.  To avoid such
> a long delay the MIR connection would have to be abandoned.

I think the Mir connection is purely a coincidence; the Soviets have
stated that Buran will only stay up for 2 orbits. I guess they
will try again the second week in November, after the October
Revolution holiday.

Jonathan McDowell