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All space craft perform a roll program to align with the selected launch azimuth, which is chosen for a specific orbital inclination and launch site latitude.
by exDM69 9y ago
All space craft perform a roll program to align with the selected launch azimuth, which is chosen for a specific orbital inclination and launch site latitude.
Without roll, all spacecraft from a launch site would be placed on similarly inclined orbits which would be useless.