"Robert J. Bradbury" wrote:
>
>
> Also, can someone explain this 51 degree thing and why it is
> a "commie" orbit?
Its the most efficient/highest payload mass for launches from Baikanour
Cosmodrome.
> Also, is 0 degrees over the equator or
> over the poles?
equator
> My read on some on the Shuttle pages that
> are in my "Space Station" pages suggests that the payload
> capacity to the station is almost half that of LEO. Is that
> just because its higher or is that because we have it in
> an orbit that the Russians can get to too?
It was raised to the higher orbit a few months ago now that the heaviest
modules have been launched already. The higher orbit obviously protects
against degradation, and I think its an orbit with less space junk
too...
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