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Re: LEO but not so low
- Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] LEO but not so low
- From: Jim Walls <k6ccc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:08:56 -0800
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ANTHONY JAPHA wrote:
> What ever happened to the great 800-1000 mile high orbits that AO7 and FO29
> are in? Are those opportunities gone forever? We seem to be aiming lower
> and lower, viz.VO52. Eagle and P3 are exceptions, of course. We can
> imagine the fun with an Echo-type bird up another few hundred miles.
I suspect that is more related to launch opportunities than much of
anything else. I would suspect most of us would prefer the higher
orbits. Since we are normally hitchhiking on someone else's launches,
we sort take what we can get - or do you have quite a few million to pay
for our our launch?
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Jim Walls - K6CCC
k6ccc@amsat.org
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