Do you think that if we asked real, real, nicely they'd go boost AO-51 for us while they're up there? :-)
Just kidding - I know the reasons why this could never realistically be done. But it does give me a great deal of appreciation for how reliable a satellite can be when someone else is doing the stationkeeping work for us who has resources beyond what we could ever imagine.
73 de AJ4MJ On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Alan P. Biddle [email protected] wrote:
According to Roscosmos, the ISS will have its orbit raised 3.74 km Friday. This will result in a "slippage" of predicted times of approximately 70 seconds per day until the Keps catch up. The AMSAT NASA.ALL Keps will probably not reflect this until next week, so be certain to update from Celstrak or Space Track.
http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=11848&lang=en
73s,
Alan WA4SCA
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