Who has made the quickest complete orbit of the earth
- From: "Rusty" <reuben_barton@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 5 Dec 2005 18:18:58 -0800
Which manned spacecraft has made the quickest complete orbit of the
earth?
I found that the Apollo 17 parking orbit was 90.3 by 90.0 nautical
miles with a period of 87.83 minutes. (According to Orloff in Apollo By
The Numbers http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/SP-4029.htm). Its average
orbit was below any orbit completed by Vostok, Mercury, Voskhod,
Gemini**, Apollo or Skylab missions according to the NASA Goddard
NSSDC Master Catalog (http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/sc-query.html).
I haven't checked Soyuz, Shuttle or Shenzhou flights yet.
Does anyone know of a manned spacecraft the completed a lower orbit?
**Gemini 3's final orbit is given as 84 km X 169 km 87 m, but part of
that was re-entry.
-Rusty
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