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To: Purdue77; Chode

And if true we have no Shuttle to fix it.


9 posted on 08/03/2016 7:55:00 AM PDT by mabarker1 (Progress- the opposite of congress)
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To: mabarker1

Shuttle couldn’t reach it anyway. Shuttle max altitude is less than 2000 km, and this satellite orbit goes no lower than 10,000 km.


10 posted on 08/03/2016 7:57:51 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: mabarker1
Chances are that you aren't going to fix it even with a shuttle for a number of reasons.

1. It wasn't designed to be fixed.

2. It is in too high of an orbit for the shuttle to reach.

and, 3. While I haven't run the numbers, the speed differential may be too large to make the capture safely.

11 posted on 08/03/2016 8:21:56 AM PDT by Purdue77 (We got robbed!! Hillary for Prosecution and Prison.)
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To: mabarker1
maybe it wasn't supposed to reach orbit...
28 posted on 08/03/2016 2:50:53 PM PDT by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING!)
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