Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site tellab2.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!tellab1!tellab2!thoth From: thoth@tellab2.UUCP (Marcus Hall) Newsgroups: net.columbia Subject: Launch Windows Message-ID: <225@tellab2.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 11:43:21 EST Article-I.D.: tellab2.225 Posted: Tue Mar 5 11:43:21 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Mar-85 04:58:14 EST Reply-To: thoth@tellab2.UUCP (Marcus Hall) Organization: Tellabs, Inc., Lisle, IL Lines: 15 On some launches which only deployed satellites, I still hear about "launch windows". On a mission that must rendezvous with something already in orbit, there is an obvious launch window. There are also time limits associated with sitting on the pad that I understand, but I sometimes hear about a "launch window" for launching a satellite that is going into geo-synchronous orbit. This doesn't make sense to me, since it seems that launching it an hour later would only result in it reaching its orbit an hour later. Could somebody please enlighten me. Thank you. marcus hall ..!ihnp4!tellab1!tellab2!thoth