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

["David Bate" <davebate@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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

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