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From: wats@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Bruce Watson)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Atlantis's 62-degree inclination
Keywords: 57-degrees was the max
Message-ID: <3197@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM>
Date: 26 Feb 90 20:36:40 GMT
Organization: Alpha Science Computer Networks, Denver, Co.
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No one responded to the earlier postings of preliminary orbital
elements based on the Av week information.  CNN is repoorting
roughly the same thing by mentioning that observers  along the
East coast should be a good show since the flight azimuth required
for a 62-degree inclination will take the shuttle quite near (or over)
the Cape Hatteras area.  We can't know yet if a waiver was granted
to exceed the 57-degree limit.  The question is:  Could it be
that Atlantis will go into a 57-deg and the KH-12 (or whatever)
will go from there to 62-deg?  I realize that I'm talking about a
lot of energy for inclination changes, but this is possibility
that apparently has not been addressed.

The first abort site may be Norfolk, VA.