Re: shuttle orbit

Go to
http://www.heavens-above.com

Configure it to your location.

Select a satellite of interest like the ISS.
Select "orbit".
this will show you 3 views of the satellite.
1) view above the orbital plane
2) view above satellite
3) ground track view.
This should help you visualize the path.

Below is the orbital view of the International Space Station (ISS)
above Sacramento, CA
http://tinyurl.com/f2kxz
http://www.heavens-above.com/orbitdisplay.asp?lat=38.582&lng=-121.493&alt=5&loc=Sacramento&TZ=PST&satid=25544

Note: as I compose this some functions of the heavens-above web site
are down.
.

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