[net.columbia] vanVandenburg flights

public@sri-unix (10/30/82)

	Last I heard, shuttle flights out of Vandenburg will be polar
shots. First, can anyone confirm that, second will they take off to
the north or south? In other words does L.A. get to see it, or S.F.?

					murray at intelqa

richk (11/01/82)

Yes, the flights from Vandenburg will be polar shots.  The launches will
be to the south. (Lucky LA!)

I think all launches from the Western Test Center are polar and to the south
since there are no land masses between there and the Antartic for garbage to
fall on.  (Training ICBM launches are suborbital and to the west.)

Richard Kurschner
 ... !teklabs!tekid!richk

djo (11/15/82)

murray at intelqa;  the first sts launch from vandenberg will be in mid 1985.  they will launch south into a polar orbit.