To: No Truce With Kings
The orbits were in different inclinations. ISS could not have made the plane change. I know, but inclination changes can be made with thrust.
To: Moonman62
"I know, but inclination changes can be made with thrust."
As I recall, the deltaV for an inclination change is the sine of the angle times the velocity. To do a 1 deg plane change would take about 450 ft/sec delta-V. The Orbiter was in a 38 deg inclination orbit (I think). ISS is in a 50 something degree orbit. You do the math.
186 posted on
02/02/2003 8:32:52 PM PST by
No Truce With Kings
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