Re: NAVSPASUR

Matthew Francey (mdf@angoss.com)
Fri, 5 Jan 1996 22:57:00 GMT

jbarker@arinc.com:

>    In an earlier message, it was mentioned that the Moon is detected 
>    passing through the beam.  If the beam is projected vertically along 
>    the 33rd parallel, then the Moon's orbit would have to have an 
>    inclination greater than 33 deg.  Something doesn't sound right.

the lunar orbit is ~ 5.5 degrees to the ecliptic, which is 23.5 degrees
to the equator, so the extreme lunar declination would be about 29 degrees.
so if the beamwidth of the "fence" is wide enough, it may be possible for
the Moon to brush up against it.

but it does seem hard to believe;  can someone comment on how long a
typical LEO object spends inside the "fence"?

Leo Barhorst <leobarhorst@pi.net>:

>consists of 2256 dipoles streching north-south for more than 3 km. The
>power radiated continously is 810 kW on a frequency of 217 MHz (wavelenght
>1.4 m).

is that the ERP or the actual power fed into the array?

>On page 136 is a photo of the transmitter.

the obvious guess is that the dipoles are end-to-end, as in:

	---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---   ---

but it would be interesting to see this picture.