Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ames.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!Glacier!well!ptsfa!dual!ames!al From: al@ames.UUCP (Al Globus) Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Re: space telescope orbit Message-ID: <1217@ames.UUCP> Date: Tue, 22-Oct-85 14:59:45 EDT Article-I.D.: ames.1217 Posted: Tue Oct 22 14:59:45 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 07:07:12 EDT References: <8510161537.AA16848@s1-b.ARPA> <694@alberta.UUCP> Organization: NASA-Ames Research Center, Mtn. View, CA Lines: 23 > In article <8510161537.AA16848@s1-b.ARPA> HQM%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA (Henry Minsky) writes: > > > >I am confused as to how NASA is going to win with the > >space telescope's orbit: > > > >If they orbit it at the same height as the shuttle, won't it drag the > >atmosphere and burn up like skylab in a few years? > > > >And if they boost it to a higher orbit, how can anyone get to it to make > >repairs when it breaks? > As the ST will be visited fairly often, there will be ample opportunities > to haul it up a few more miles. I don't think they'll let it get down > to the 150-180 miles that Skylab was at. > > -- > Andrew Folkins ...ihnp4!alberta!andrew > > "Any statements to the effect that this parrot is still a going concern > are hereby considered inoperative!" I don't remember the numbers, but according to Aviation Week the Space Telescope mission will set an shuttle altitude record. Furthermore, the shuttle can nominally go about twice as high as it usually does.