Re: [amsat-bb] Orbit 1000

[Daniel Schultz<n8fgv@xxxxxxx>]

Congratulations to AO-40 and its builders and command team on the 1000th
orbit.

If anyone cares, the Hubble Space Telescope completed 69205 orbits as of 00:00
UTC January 1. Of course HST's orbit is only 96 minutes long.

Dan Schultz N8FGV
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>Reinhard Richter wrote:

>Hello all,
>today AO-40 has it's orbit 1000 and is in very good condition! The
>window for the European users was from Japan and Australia in the
>beginning of the pass and to California at the end. Outstanding!
>Congratulations to the AMSAT people who have made this possible and
>many thanks to the command team for continuing maintenance.

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