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Conference 7.286::space

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

506.0. "How high is shuttles orbit" by ABSZK::GREENWOOD (Tim. Asian Base Systems) Sun Feb 19 1989 14:02

    Heres a quick and easy question.
    
    How high is the shuttles orbit ?
    
    Tim
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506.1Here's my informationBALMER::MUDGETTdid you say FREE food?Sun Feb 19 1989 21:296
    
    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
506.2A record, for the record4347::GRIFFINDave GriffinMon May 14 1990 14:123
STS-31 set a shuttle altitude record of 330 nautical miles on 24-Apr-1990.

- dave