Legal Opinion
Boeing Co. v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided December 23, 2005No. 00-705CPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ALLEGRA, Judge.
This patent case is before the court following an extensive trial in Washington, D.C.
During initial planning, the angle of inclination of the orbit of what would become the International Space Station — its orbit relative to the equator — was set at 28.5 degrees, to coincide with the latitude of the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) launch center at Cape Canaveral, Florida. This was designed to give the Space Shuttle maximum momentum (rotational throw) as it left the earth’s gravity, thereby maximizing its payload delivery capability for space station…
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