At 06:19 3/04/02, Jonathan T Wojack wrote: >> PAS 1R >> 1 26608U 00072A 02079.94130788 -.00000274 00000-0 00000+0 0 >> 2939 >> 2 26608 0.0180 354.4991 0000429 321.3661 156.2908 1.00270296 >> 4973 > >Does this geosat intentionally have an orbital period just barely shorter >than 24 hours (23 hours 56 minutes 7 seconds), or is its operators >satisfied that it is close enough to a 24 hour orbital period? Jonathon, The required period for geostationary satellites is 1 sidereal day, ( 23 h 56min 3.5.. secs) of UTC. This appears close enough to that figure that the difference can be attributed to measurement error and/or slight orbital manouvering. Tony Beresford ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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