Re: [amsat-bb] how abt ao-40 beacon on mode-S?

[Claudio Martins <ctpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What's wrong with it?

On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, GEORGE ABBOTT wrote:

> Could someone tell me why I'm currently getting an apogee of about 39,000
> and perigee of  around 600 for AO-40 using Quiktrak 5.0
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tony Langdon <tlangdon@atctraining.com.au>
> To: 'Bob Bruninga' <bruninga@usna.edu>; Jon Ogden <na9d@mindspring.com>
> Cc: John P. Toscano <tosca005@tc.umn.edu>; Achim Vollhardt
> <avollhar@physik.unizh.ch>; AMSAT Bulletin Board <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 7:19 PM
> Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] how abt ao-40 beacon on mode-S?
> 
> 
> > > Well, sortof.  To raise apogee you simply need to increase the
> > > velocity at perogee.  So the burn will be in the direction of
> > > the orbit,
> > > not towards the earth.
> >
> > Might be at a favourable squint angle for a short period a little after
> > perigee, but that'd be about it...
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