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


"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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