| Title: | Space Exploration |
| Notice: | Shuttle launch schedules, see Note 6 |
| Moderator: | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN |
| Created: | Mon Feb 17 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 974 |
| Total number of notes: | 18843 |
Heres a quick and easy question.
How high is the shuttles orbit ?
Tim
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 506.1 | Here's my information | BALMER::MUDGETT | did you say FREE food? | Sun Feb 19 1989 21:29 | 6 |
I think its supposed to be able to get to 600 miles max altitude
but I think that'll only happen with some improvements. The highest
I recall it getting is 300 miles. It generally operates at 180 miles.
Fred Mudgett
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| 506.2 | A record, for the record | 4347::GRIFFIN | Dave Griffin | Mon May 14 1990 13:12 | 3 |
STS-31 set a shuttle altitude record of 330 nautical miles on 24-Apr-1990. - dave | |||||