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
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Green" bag@mac.com To: "AMSAT-BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 7:09 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Determining orbit number
Greetings, all:
How do you determine the orbit number of a satellite, and what are the conventions to determining when the orbit number changes?
Thanks in advance for the information.
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