Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!fluke!ssc-vax!adolph From: adolph@ssc-vax.UUCP (Mark C. Adolph) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Launch Window question Message-ID: <2234@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: 18 Sep 88 03:05:11 GMT References: <15019@ames.arc.nasa.gov> Organization: Boeing Aerospace Corp., Seattle WA Lines: 14 In article <15019@ames.arc.nasa.gov>, yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) writes: > > NASA today set a target launch date of Sept. 29 for STS-26, > the next Space Shuttle flight. The opening of the launch window > is approximately 9:59 a.m. EDT. If the purpose of the mission is to deploy a geosynchronous satellite, why is there a launch window? What difference does it make when one launches into earth orbit? -- -- Mark A. ...uw-beaver!ssc-vax!adolph