Re: How serious is the May window?


"Joe Delphi" <delphi561@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Katipo" <hamilton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Exactly how do launch windows? My understanding it is the time when the
distance the craft needs to travel to reach its destination is the
shortest.
Is that all there is to it? How come there are so few windows for the
shuttle?

Katipo



I think it also has to do with the amount of sunlight available at the
Trans-Atlantic abort sites.

Among other things.

For at least the next few launches, they want the launch to be in sunlight
for camera purposes.

But they also have limits on the position of the station and sunlight on the
station, etc.



JD




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