Beta angle result of the beta angle of the space station at those times. When the orbiter was in-flight (not docked to ISS) and it flew to a beta angle greater than 60 degrees, the orbiter went into "rotisserie" mode, and slowly rotated around its X-axis (nose to tail axis). For flights to ISS, the shuttle could launch during an ISS beta cutout if the ISS would be at a beta less than 60 degrees at dock, and throughout the docked phase. Therefore, the mission duration affected launch timing when the beta cutout dates were approaching. Beta angle The beta angle (formula_1)
Bisection The interior angle bisectors of a triangle are concurrent in a point called the incenter of the triangle, as seen in the diagram at right. The bisectors of two exterior angles and the bisector of the other interior angle are concurrent. Three intersection points, each of an external angle bisector with the opposite extended side, are collinear (fall on the same line as each other). Three intersection points, two of them between an interior angle bisector and the opposite side, and the third between the other exterior angle bisector and the opposite side extended, are collinear. The angle bisector theorem