Re: [amsat-bb] strange orbit

["John B. Stephensen" <kd6ozh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Most geosynchronous satellite orbits show a figure-8 pattern when viewed from
Earth. It is just a variation in the position of the subsatellite point because
the orbital plane isn't exactly 0 degrees.

The Sirius marketing people must be running out of things to put in their press
releases.

73,

John
KD6OZH

----- Original Message -----
From: "G8IFF/KC8NHF" <nigel@ngunn.net>
To: <amsat-bb@amsat.org>
Sent: Friday, 19 November, 2004 23:00 UTC
Subject: [amsat-bb] strange orbit


> >>> And we're doing it with satellites. Every second of the day, SIRIUS
> is shooting *over 120 channels of amazing radio* straight into the
> heavens to our three state-of-the-art satellites that rotate in figure
> eight, geo-synchronous orbits around the earth. <<<
>
> Would someone care to explain a figure of eight geo-synchronous orbit
> around the earth that doesn't crash twice every orbit?
>
>
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