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To: dangerdoc

Is this satellite in a polar orbit - launched from Vandenberg?


25 posted on 02/14/2008 9:23:17 AM PST by Brian S. Fitzgerald ("We're going to drag that ship over the mountain.")
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To: Brian S. Fitzgerald
Is this satellite in a polar orbit - launched from Vandenberg?

USA-193's inclination is 58.5 degrees so isn't "that" polar. The most northerly it gets is Hudson Bay, central Siberia. South end of the orbit gets a far south as the southern tip of South America.
36 posted on 02/14/2008 9:30:07 AM PST by plsvn
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To: Brian S. Fitzgerald

Based on the nature of the satellite, I would presume that that is classified info.


87 posted on 02/14/2008 10:31:56 AM PST by dangerdoc (dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
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