(meteorobs) Corr. on re: Shuttle re-entry as fireball reception experiment]

[Marco Langbroek]

Marco Langbroek wrote:

> I actually think, and this has also been noted by Stephan Szyman on the 
> SeeSat list, that it is connected to the fact that it is a mission 
> coming from the ISS and hence in an 51.6 degree orbital plane 
> inclination. This makes an approach to the Cape over the US impossible. 

I am not correct here. When coming in from the northwest, it is possible. The
preferred time of landing then dictates whether it will be such an approach, or
one over meso-America. Its one of thhose two options.

-  Marco

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