[amsat-bb] Re: Determining orbit number

But do the orbits whilst it is still attached to the launch vehicle count? And do partial orbits count (i.e. if it is launched from a site just south of the equator in a northerly direction the first eqx would be only after a very small portion of an orbit) or only complete orbits?

Jeff Yanko wrote:

If I recall correctly, a new orbit, or orbit number increase, occurs when the satellite crosses the equator from the southern hemisphere to the northern hemisphere.

73,

Jeff WB3JFS