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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Long Duration Exposure Facility
Message-ID: <1989May15.044111.25622@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <2020@blake.acs.washington.edu> <1989May13.202819.23389@utzoo.uucp> <20714@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Date: Mon, 15 May 89 04:41:11 GMT

In article <20714@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> cdaf@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Charles Daffinger) writes:
>Just a silly question...  How much different is the orbit of LDEF to that
>which the shuttle took to launch Magellan?  Would it have been possible
>to retrieve LDEF on the shuttle after it launched Magellan?

I doubt it.  Magellan had to go into a very specific orbit; it would be
remarkable luck if it were similar to LDEF's.  Also, I suspect the IUS
cradle needed to carry Magellan up probably obstructs the payload bay
enough to interfere with retrieving LDEF (which fills most of the bay).
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