When the Apollo orbited the Moon it was behind and out of contact about 20-minutes per orbit. Ed - KL7UW
At 12:45 PM 7/2/2008, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:
Probably not. Would it not spend a significant amount of it's time behind the moon where you can't see it?
Dave hartzell wrote:
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=25839 http://asmo.arc.nasa.gov/
Wouldn't it be fun to have a transponder on this! ;-) _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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