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Back in the saddle again
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
Posts: 57,154
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Great thread, folks, keep it up!
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One important consequence of this design is that the orbital inclination is fixed by the angle of the globe mechanism. Different Globus units needed to be built for different orbits. Moreover, this design only handles circular orbits, making it useless during orbit changes such as rendezvous and docking. These were such significant limitations that some cosmonauts wanted the Globus removed from the control panel, but it remained until it was replaced by a computer display in Soyuz-TMA (2002).3
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Crazy!
Seems "functional" or maybe "barely functional" but way behind the times. Reminds me of the thread a while back talking about the issues with the Russian military and their low quality gear (or complete lack of gear) in the invasion of Ukraine.
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'08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960
- never named a car before, but this is Charlotte.
'88 targa  SOLD 2004 - gone but not forgotten
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