[sarex] Re: ISS map shows "Z O E"

David Bate wrote: Zone of Exclusion (ZOE). With the ZOE, neither TDRS satellite could contact a spacecraft under a certain altitude (646 nautical miles).

But I read at http://msp.gsfc.nasa.gov/tdrss/scfaq.html that after the implementation of the Guam Remote Ground Terminal (GRGT) over the Indian Ocean, the ZOE has been eliminated.

73s de Sandeep VU2MUE http://www.qsl.net/vu2msy

Andythomas wrote: Watching the recent STS mission on Nasa TV I noticed that the orbital map on the wall on the ground command centre had written in large black letters " Z O E", just around the Iraq/ afghanistan area. Anyone any idea what these initials stand for? I thought at first they were lakes but I think they are in fact letters. andy, g0sfj