RE: Goes 11 retired from service

From: Dale Ireland (direland@drdale.com)
Date: Wed Dec 07 2011 - 20:38:32 UTC

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     Why is the "graveyard" 135 miles higher than the active satellites? If the
satellite becomes totally unoperational won't it eventually drop, possibly
uncontrolled, back down through the geo belt? Why wouldn't they make the
graveyard 135 miles lower than the belt rather than higher? Are there other
forces involved?
Dale

> -----Original Message-----
> From: seesat-l-bounces+direland=drdale.com@satobs.org 
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> Subject: Goes 11 retired from service
> 
> Goes 11 ( 26352 ) has been retired from service. 
> 
> http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1112/06goeswest/
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