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From: jwm@stdc.jhuapl.edu (Jim Meritt)
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Subject: Re: Atlantis orbit
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In article <1146@scicom.alphacdc.com> wats@scicom.alphacdc.com (Bruce Watson) writes:
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}For kenny@m.cs.uiuc.edu (couldn't find path): Yes, 160 n.mi. and
}an inclination of 57 degs and circular.
}
}After calculating the orbit of Atlantis for the 4? day mission
}I forgot that I would have the orbit of the payload for
}the remainder of its lifetime.  

Only if it does not have it's own booster, an item which would not
suprise me in the least, inasmuch as that is a rather poor orbit, I
believe, for an intell satellite.

}Last I heard, the launch time will be between 3:30 and 6:30 EST.
}I didn't get the launch date.

1 Dec, I think...