28 Apr
2011
28 Apr
'11
1:38 p.m.
About 700km above the earth, or 435 miles. Your range will vary, of course (it's 700km above you only during a 90 pass! other times, it's more...)
That's less than the distance between Savannah, GA and Miami, FL!
73,
Mark N8MH
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Ronald Nutter rnutter@networkref.com wrote:
I should know the answer to this one. I am looking at the satellite data on SO-50. How many miles up in orbit is it from the ground (approx). Trying to explain to a non-ham how far away the satellite is.
Ron Ka4kyi
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Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]