Re: Who has made the quickest complete orbit of the earth
- From: "Jorge R. Frank" <jrfrank@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 22:02:51 -0600
"Rusty" <reuben_barton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:1133835537.935946.298770
@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
> 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?
I don't know, but I'll save you some time by saying you won't find it among
the shuttle flights.
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