Re: Who has made the quickest complete orbit of the earth

Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:
> "Jorge R. Frank" <jrfrank@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > "Rusty" <reuben_barton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:1133835537.935946.298770
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> >
> > > 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.
>
> My guess would be Garagin (if you count his flight as really an "orbit".)
>
> After that, perhaps Glenn?
>
> Now how about the opposite, longest?
>
>
> >
> >
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Here are the stats from Apollo by the Numbers and NASA NSSDC Master
Catalog:

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Vostok 1 169 km x 315 km - 89.34 m

Vostok 2 166 km x 232 km - 88.46 m

Vostok 3 166 km x 218 km - 88.5 m

Vostok 4 169 km x 222 km - 88.5 m

Vostok 5 162 kmx 209 km - 88.4 m

Vostok 6 164 km x 212 km - 88.25 m

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Voskhod 1 177 km x 377 km 90.04 m

Voskhod 2 167 km x 475 km 90.93 m

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Mercury Atlas 6 159 km x 265 km 88.5 m

Mercury Atlas 7 154 km x 260 km 88.3 m

Mercury Atlas 8 153 km x 285 km 89 m

Mercury Atlas 9 161 km x 267 km 88.5 m

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Gemini 3 161.2 km x 224.2 km 88.3 m

Gemini 4 162.3 km x 282.1 km 88.94 m

Gemini 5 162 km x 350.1 km 89.59 m

Gemini 6A 161 km x 259.4 km 88.7 m

Gemini 7 161.6 km x 328.2 km 89.39 m

Gemini 8 159.9 km x 271.9 km 88.83 m

Gemini 9A 158.8 km x 266.9 km 88.78 m

Gemini 10 159.9 km x 268.9 km 88.79 m

Gemini 11 160.5 km x 279.1 km 88.89 m

Gemini 12 160.8 km x 270.6 km 88.87 m

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Apollo 7 152.34 by 123.03 n mi 89.55 minutes

Apollo 8 99.99 by 99.57 n mi 89.19 minutes

Apollo 9 100.74 by 99.68 n mi 88.20 minutes

Apollo 10 100.32 by 99.71 n mi 88.20 minutes

Apollo 11 100.4 by 98.9 n mi 88.18 minutes

Apollo 12 100.1 by 97.8 n mi 88.16 minutes

Apollo 13 100.3 by 99.3 n mi 88.19 minutes

Apollo 14 100.1 by 98.9 n mi 88.18 minutes

Apollo 15 91.5 by 89.6 n mi 87.84 minutes

Apollo 16 91.3 by 90.0 n mi 87.85 minutes

Apollo 17 90.3 by 90.0 n mi 87.83 minutes

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Rusty

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