> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 23:06:02 +1100 (EST) > From: Peter Bennett <striker@zip.com.au> > Subject: CSIRO Satellite (Correction) > [ ... ] > the CSIRO recently developed a new kind of satellite that can quickly > orbit Northern Australia at low altitude every 15 minutes. If I didn't make a mistake in my arithmetic, a satellite in a circular orbit with period 15 minutes would be at a radius of about 2000 km -- somewhere in the outer core, I believe, but my geology is quite rusty... Yep, I'd call that "low altitude", by golly! ;-) --Sue Worden (worden@fc.net) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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