[FPSPACE] ISS & interplanetary flights

[Jim Oberg]

This discussion is converging on a 'compromise solution' very nicely...
and this brings us to tomorrow's VERY interesting 'Voyevoda'
(RS-18/SS-20/Satan)
launch from Dombarovskiy, a 'troop training' exercise to Kamchatka. The
next step, they say, is to launch south into sun-synchronous orbits, and
then
on the same azimuth, launch lunar and interplanetary probes. The booster has
power to spare, so giving up ALL eastwards spin (actually fighting a little
of it
by launching west of south) doesn't seem to have deterred them. Of course,
following the same ground track as the Kamchatka impact would put them
into a 64deg inclination orbit. Getting into the ISS orbit would be
something
of a problem since the launch site
(http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/facility/icbm/dombarovskiy.htm)
is already at nearly 51deg N and downrange goes into China very quickly.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sven Grahn" <svengrahn at telia.com>
> If you leave LEO close to the northern apex of the orbit, reaching the
> ecliptic is not such a big deal. The same goes for reaching the Moon which
> is close to the cliptic. Remember . Clementine was launched from
Vandenberg
> and Luna-3 from Baikonur....
>