From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!alice!sjb
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Title: New Shuttle Abort Site
Article-I.D.: alice.713
Posted: Fri Jun 25 20:09:21 1982
Received: Mon Jun 28 06:23:21 1982

Dakar, Senegal, replaces Rota, Spain, as the Columbia's primary
abort site if something goes wrong after launch and it's too
late to return to KSC.  The change is due to the shuttle's
tighter inclination over the past three flights.  It will
travel to a maximum of 28 degrees north and south of the
equator compared to 38 degrees on previous flights.  Edwards
Air Force base will be used if the shuttle is force to make
an emergency landing after it reaches space.  EAFB is also
the primary landing site for 4 July's scheduled landing.