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SMOC Web Pages

For targeting, you will be using one particular web page, the Map page, which connects you to a sophisticated program that calculates and displays the space shuttle orbits. This program uses very precise information from NASA to calculate shuttle orbits and the corresponding ground tracks. You can: 
• view orbits
• see what part of the orbit is in daylight
• zoom in to view a particular part of orbit.

Using this web page, you can find out what latitudes and longitudes the shuttle goes over; you can also type in a lat/lon you've selected (based on the slider map and the atlas), and find out:
• how many miles the target is off the precise ground track
• whether the target will fall within the footprint of the camera'
• at what MET (to the second) the shuttle will pass closest to the target

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