Re: [amsat-bb] AO-40

[Jon Ogden <na9d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 11/20/00 12:38 PM, Ronald A. Stunden at ve7yc@quik.com wrote:

> I don't really belive what IT 1.5 is showing. The foot print seems awfully
> big, The bird seems to stay about lat of 0 +/-, Just looked at it now and
> was showing a Lat  of 0.6??? or am I too used to AO-10/13 etc ..

That's about correct.  Yes, the footprint is big.  Apogee is some 36,000 KM.

Final orbit is not yet obtained.

73,

Jon
NA9D

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Jon Ogden
NA9D (ex: KE9NA)

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