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

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

On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 16:02:32 -0400, Andythomas 70374.440@compuserve.com wrote:

Watching the recent STS mission on Nasa TV I noticedthat the orbital map ion 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