jwp@uwmacc.UUCP (Jeffrey W Percival) (10/17/86)
In article <463@rtech.UUCP> wong@rtech.UUCP (J. Wong) writes: >In article <330@petrus.UUCP> karn@petrus.UUCP (Phil R. Karn) writes: >>The American ASAT is never anywhere close to being in orbit. >It does have an `orbit'; it's just that the orbit happens to intersect >the Earth at perigee. (<-:) Not quite right, eh? The intersection with the surface of the earth prevents the achievement of perigee. (:-) -- Jeff Percival ...!uwvax!uwmacc!sal70!jwp or ...!uwmacc!jwp