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On Orbit => Real NASA Space Shuttle Missions => Topic started by: jmorlando on May 05, 2008, 10:08:37 PM

Title: Mission Control View
Post by: jmorlando on May 05, 2008, 10:08:37 PM

This is probably not the right forum for this but it seems that this is where all the brainiacs are....thank God.

On the Mission Control Map, what is the outlined section near South America that says SAA?

Title: Re: Mission Control View
Post by: DaveS on May 05, 2008, 10:20:37 PM

It's the South Atlantic magnetic Anomaly which is an area where the inner Van Allen belts makes it closed approach to Earth.

Title: Re: Mission Control View
Post by: ssjfb on May 05, 2008, 11:06:03 PM

Hi DaveS,

Do you know the signification of all abbreviations on MCC chart? I'm very interested if yes.

Best regards.

Title: Re: Mission Control View
Post by: jmorlando on May 06, 2008, 12:51:52 AM

Does it's presence on there signify anything special?  Are there certain things that can't be done there?

Title: Re: Mission Control View
Post by: Becker07 on May 06, 2008, 02:22:08 AM

This might give you a little more info

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970630a.html