Re: DS2-Orbital Bombardment

I watch the NASA channel on satilite....they mentoned that when the
shuttle is in
orbit, the day/night cycle is only 90 minutes...45 minutes of day, and
45 minutes of
night.	The shuttle orbits at about 120 miles (I think...)

Donald Hosford

I am NOT my long lost twin wrote:

> >>Secondly it rather depends if you are orbiting with or against the
planets
> >rotation :). If they aren't using their own power and are against the
> >rotation a 1.5 hour orbit is *very* low.
> >	  How low? Let's take the average and use a polar orbit or do
all three
> >cases, with, against and across the rotation of the earth.
> >	  Didn't Sputnik orbit the earth every 90 minutes? I could be
wrong as I was
> >very young at the time and my digital stop watch wasn't working... ;)
>
> IIRC most satellites in what is called 'low Earth orbit' (of ~100-400
or
> so miles up) zip around Earth in ~90 minutes. The Hubble hangs out at
> ~370 miles and orbits every 96.5 minutes (that's one satellite I gots
> da facts for :)
>
> Mk
>
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