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echelon 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: NASA targets Artemis II crewed moon mission for Ap...

What factors are there for the lunar launch window?

It can't be weather, here, right? That's too far ahead.

Is it perigee?

If this window is missed, when is the next one?

jedberg 4 months ago [–]

The position of the moon relative to the earth and the sun. The windows are about a month apart.

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