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From: stevel@haddock.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Launch Windows
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Date: Fri, 8-Mar-85 23:47:32 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  8 23:47:32 1985
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Nf-From: haddock!stevel    Mar  7 15:03:00 1985

There are telemetry and tracking considerations as well as
orbital insertion considerations. They like to deploy satilites
so that they are talking to ground stations just before and just
after burn. Sometimes I have read that the time is set so it can
be optically tracked by telescope.

For the India Palapa B I belive it the burn was to take place
over India shortly after sunrise because of the above
considerations.

Sketchilly yours

Steve Ludlum, decvax!yale-co!ima!stevel, {ihnp4!cbosgd}!ima!stevel