Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: TDRS / Shuttle Video
Message-ID: <1989Mar15.172629.23019@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <11000005@tippy>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 89 17:26:29 GMT

In article <11000005@tippy> fireman@tippy.uucp writes:
>  Looking at the STS-29 Mission Map, I noticed that TDRS West and East
>have a large overlap of coverage over N/S America, and a lack of coverage
>around the Indian Ocean/India area.  Is there a reason they don't move
>one over a bit to cover that area?

I think it's because they want to keep both of them in good line-of-sight
of the ground station at White Sands.
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