Re: [amsat-bb] strange orbit

[Jim Walls <k6ccc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

G8IFF/KC8NHF wrote:
> Would someone care to explain a figure of eight geo-synchronous orbit 
> around the earth that doesn't crash twice every orbit?

It's a highly eliptical orbit, not geo-synchronous.  Here are the 
elements for the three Sirius satellites.

SIRIUS-1
1 26390U 00035A   04322.76936375 -.00000048  00000-0  10000-3 0  7046
2 26390  63.1902 269.7187 2658953 268.5773  61.1359  1.00271268 16075
SIRIUS-2
1 26483U 00051A   04322.43560190  .00000151  00000-0  00000-0 0  5799
2 26483  63.4137 149.8862 2687288 268.6137  60.8562  1.00276285 15409
SIRIUS-3
1 26626U 00077A   04320.11490277 -.00000150  00000-0  10000-3 0  6028
2 26626  63.7949  30.0844 2674633 269.9549  59.8559  1.00279738 14515


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