billc@trsvax.UUCP (10/03/88)
/* Written 11:10 am Oct 1, 1988 by titan.UUCP!phil in trsvax:sci.space.shuttle */ In article <1886@datapg.MN.ORG> sewilco@DataPg.MN.ORG (Scot E Wilcoxon) writes: >NASA Select TV often shows the world map at JSC. The blue map >shows the ground track for the next two (and a half?) orbits, >with the orbit numbers. What are the white half-rectangle symbols >(they look like a bracket "[")? They delineate the orbits. That is, they mark where one orbit ends and the next orbit begins. William LeFebvre Department of Computer Science Rice University <phil@Rice.edu> /* End of text from trsvax:sci.space.shuttle */ ______________________________________________________________ No! This is not right. The brackets merely denote sunrise and sunset. _______________________________________________________________
phil@titan.rice.edu (William LeFebvre) (10/05/88)
In article <1886@datapg.MN.ORG> sewilco@DataPg.MN.ORG (Scot E Wilcoxon) said: >The blue map shows the ground track for the next two (and a half?) orbits, >with the orbit numbers. What are the white half-rectangle symbols >(they look like a bracket "[")? To which I responded: >They delineate the orbits. That is, they mark where one orbit ends >and the next orbit begins. billc@trsvax.UUCP replied (in article <191800011@trsvax>): >No! This is not right. > >The brackets merely denote sunrise and sunset. You are correct. My apologies to one and all. I was misremembering things. I realized that after I had posted that message. [ Will anyone ever trust me again? :-) ] William LeFebvre Department of Computer Science Rice University <phil@Rice.edu>