[sci.space] Question about getting to orbit

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. (:-)
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