You are not the only one to notice! All I can say at this point is that it is being investigated. However, the question of meeting orbital debris mitigation requirements remains.
73, Drew KO4MA
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On Jul 5, 2014, at 8:28 AM, Paul Stoetzer n8hm@arrl.net wrote:
Good morning,
I noticed that after the last Dnepr launch, it's upper stage was raised to an apogee of 1454 km, putting it in a 1454 km x 609 km orbit with a 97.9 degree inclination, in order to avoid collision with any of the 37 satellites it released.
Would it be possible for a future amateur satellite to be deployed AFTER the Dnepr completes it's final burn to take advantage of that high apogee? This would provide service similar to FO-29 with opportunities for intercontinental communications every few months.
73,
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