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From: thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Atlantis's 62-degree inclination
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Date: 28 Feb 90 17:44:52 GMT
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> 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

> The first abort site may be Norfolk, VA.

I heard on the radio this morning that the twin trails of the SRBs were
visible in New Jersey.

Also, the local Wilminton, DE newspaper said that for a 30-second window
that Dover Air Force Base in Dover, DE would be an abort site.  They have
a 12,000 foot runway which would have been used.  I think the requirement
was that the runway had to be at least 10,000 ft to be considered.
                         - tom
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