“Different Globus units needed to be built for different orbits. Moreover, this design only handles circular orbits, making it useless during orbit changes such as rendezvous and docking. These were such significant limitations that some cosmonauts wanted the Globus removed from the control panel, but it remained until it was replaced by a computer display in Soyuz-TMA (2002).”
Why didn’t they add just a bit more mechanics, so it could adjust it’s own speed when in elliptical orbits? It doesn’t seem hard, but you’d think they would have done it if it was doable. Especially with the cosmonauts complaining.
Can someone explain the 2 longitude cams to me? I don’t quite grok it as described.