21 Feb
2008
21 Feb
'08
6:29 p.m.
The Sirius birds are in an "Inclined Orbit". It's explained more in the WikiPedia entry, about half way down the page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius_radio
73, Jim KQ6EA
--- "Auke de Jong, VE6PWN" sparkycivic@shaw.ca wrote:
Hi all, What, if any, is the name given to the type of orbit that the three "Sirius" broadcast satellites use? It shows as a figure-eight and altitude is between 24000KM, and 47000KM.
Auke de Jong VE6PWN DO33go Edmonton, AB
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